Holidays

So for last few years, I spent the holidays in different places. The first year in the Corps I remember spending thanksgiving in Camp Pendleton while in training. It was nice got spend thanksgiving with a random family that took Marines in and gave em a thanksgiving dinner. When I was stationed in Japan, our shop NCO would invite us all over for a thanksgiving meal that all the wives would cook. Home cooked meals and video games during the holidays. Also spent a Christmas in training too, ppl used foot powder for snow and radio antennas decorated as Christmas trees. Had duty a few times too during the holidays. Always pretty awesome when the Chaplin or some NCO would swing by the barracks and offer a hot plate of food to the duties. Last Christmas decorated the tent in Afghanistan with Christmas lights( on the inside). Ohh and the gifts and shoe boxes sent from charities and volunteer organizations so we would have something to open in the morning. Awesome! Always had a pretty good time during the holidays even when I'm away from home.


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oh who can forget. Also during training - saving the skittles or m&ms in a MRE. Or trading for them while in training. Ehhh MRE's for holidays...