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Question to all Military FreePs...
23 Nov 2017 | US Navy Vet

Posted on 11/23/2017 9:46:45 AM PST by US Navy Vet

Where were you on your first Thanksgiving and Christmas in the Military?


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To: US Navy Vet

1976—NORAD Combat Operation Center, Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. 1900 feet deep in the solid granite mountain.

We had our own Dining Hall. Great food anytime!


121 posted on 11/23/2017 7:22:56 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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To: US Navy Vet

I started Boot Camp 10NOV56 so I was still enough in awe to not really ‘care’ about Thanksgiving.
I do think we were allowed a couple days leave at Christmas as we were nearer Graduation.


122 posted on 11/23/2017 7:23:09 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: rlmorel

Yes, the ‘F BOMB’ woke a lot of ‘family members’ when used freely....

Even though they all had (probably) heard it, having ‘dear, sweet ___’ use it and they knew they had ruined your life forever.

Fast forward 60 years and little kids use it more than please or thank you.....


123 posted on 11/23/2017 7:35:33 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: rlmorel

that’s funny, i did the same thing at dinner time the day after i got back from Viet Nam. my parents were agast, my sister just smiled.


124 posted on 11/23/2017 8:17:33 PM PST by 1st Division guy
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

The Major reportedly haunted pad Charlie 24. Never saw him, but heard the tale. . . .


125 posted on 11/24/2017 12:21:39 AM PST by Salgak (You're in Strange Hands with Tom Stranger. . . .)
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To: US Navy Vet

Torrejon AFB, Madrid, Spain, 1966-69


126 posted on 11/24/2017 5:32:12 AM PST by CIApilot
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