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A new year. A new hope. It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. Oh shit, sorry.

The mod team hopes you all had a good New Year's celebration. On to the winners.

Reminder: New monthly winner awards are Community Award for 1st place, Reddit Gold for second place and Reddit Silver for third place. All three may also have custom user flair if they like.

Your Story of the Month for December is "The Katrina Stories - My Coupe De Grace" by /u/Radiant-Art3448.

Our Runner-Up for December is "Tis The Season For Army Gift Giving!" by /u/SloppyEyeScream.

Our Honorable Mention for December is "Nothing Wrong With Pink - Staff Academy" by /u/FluffyClamShell

Everyone stay safe and we will see you next month.

Congratulations to our winners!

January 2022 Winner "Guard Duty Trumps Rank, or How a Bunch of Invalid Fuckwits Arrested a Captain at Gunpoint and Got Away With It." by /u/klaus_goldfish.

February 2022 Winner "Jennifer" by /u/PickleInDaButt

March 2022 Winner "91" by /u/cejmp

April 2022 Winner "Navy Corpsman the Hint of a Tic of the Fast Hand" by /u/cejmp.

May 2022 Winner "The Diety of Dessert" by /u/fluffyclamshell.

June 2022 Winner "When the Admiral singles you out" by /u/danaozideshihou.

July 2022 Winner "Another Big Green Weenie story" by /u/Sir_Slick_Rock.

August 2022 Winner "That small nations might be free." by /u/lapsed__pacifist.

September 2022 Winner "Story time about when my Division Chief's replacement first got to his ship" by /u/Dreble. (NOTE: The author deleted his account and story shortly after winning SOM. The provided link is an archive.)

October 2022 Winner "Judas Priest never sounded better" by /u/MisterKillam.

November 2022 Winner "MSG Bobby takes a knee" by /u/baka-tari.

December 2022 Winner "The Katrina Stories - My Coupe De Grace" by /u/Radiant-Art3448.

Q: How are winners chosen?

A: We look at upvotes, comment history, community awards/reddit awards and throw in a bit of the "arbitrary mods" rule. It isn't completely scientific, but it is close.

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