May God bless America this Christmas and forever.
A funny thing happened when we moved here. My daughter lives in North Carolina had not seen the home we bought when we retired. I mentioned to her that we had gone on base to the commissary to stock up on food. Her reply was priceless.
She said, " Base? What base? You mean you guys live near a Marine base? I should have known you two would not get to far away from a Marine base. " LOL, I hadn't thought about it, HA! Once a Marine always a Marine.