Military Christmas (repost... uber is screwy) (567 hits)
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Submitted by <yogimus.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2003-12-26 07:33:56 EST
What Christmas means to me
I have this troop under me. He is a great kid. The kind that you couldn't help but love. He is 19 years old, and looks all of 14. He gets to spend this Christmas overseas this year. His wife and 6 month old baby will not see him for another 2 months.
His wife is young, a 19 year old girl herself. She never spent a Christmas away from her family in Georgia, yet here she was, with a baby, and nobody around. She is a brave girl, her face always giving a polite smile when anyone would inquire if she needed anything, replying that she is fine, she would make do. A fiercely proud girl. Not a single tear shed in public, not a negative word.
Her story was heard by a few of us, and we threw some cash together. Enough to get her and her baby a plane ticket. We called her family up, and they said they could pick her up at the airport. The Chief and the Colonel went over to her house in person to present her and her son their Christmas gift on the 21st. She was to leave in 2 days. She was so happy she cried.
Before she left, she made cookies for EVERY SINGLE FAMILY that donated for the tickets. She must have made over 1000 cookies. In 2 days. Those cookies, wrapped in plastic wrap with a piece of string tied in a bow, were the best Christmas gift I ever got.
Merry Christmas guys. Just remember: Not everyone can spend Christmas with a familiar face. For every kid in Iraq, there is a mother, wife, or child wondering if they will ever come home. For every one of you complaining how your presents sucked, there is a fake tree in the sand decorated with beercans. Look around you. Maybe it isn't all that bad.
Thank you troops. We will keep a light on, so you may find your way home.
User Reviews
Submitted by Natophelia (user info) at 2004-01-07 17:12:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by esso_merda (user info) at 2003-12-28 02:02:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Damn beer...corrections:
this is the story of how people got together to give in the...
Submitted by esso_merda (user info) at 2003-12-28 02:00:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Cough, you fucking troglodyte, he's not babbling patriotic, this is story of how people got together to give, in the (cliche alert) Spirit of Christmas. And then the recipient of their generosity gives back to them simpley and selflessly.
If you have a problem with the military, well, that's one thing. Applying your anti-military prejudices to this post is another. Lick a dick, fag boy.
Submitted by cough (user info) at 2003-12-28 00:23:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
youre not deployed then!
youre on a vacation...a mental fuckin vacation.
Submitted by Yogimus (user info) at 2003-12-27 12:19:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I get deployed to a remote facility 4 days out of 8. Luckily I am still in the states.
Submitted by cough (user info) at 2003-12-27 01:43:12 EST (#)
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oh man...im not going to read this patriotic babble...dude
no one cares about the military or what they think about x-mas
while being at an APO or some tent in tent city, while bitching
about not being able to go home and drinking free water....get over
it- all we want you to do is shut the fuck up and kill more
brown kids.
did you just off of TDY or do you have a job thats not needed there?
like a 3CO in some orderly room getting bitch boy grunt work typing out orders?
Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2003-12-26 17:36:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I just took a shit. It was nice and corny, like this post.
Submitted by Cassiopeia (user info) at 2003-12-26 17:29:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
this was my first xmas away from home also, i just didnt feel the usual xmas spirit...
my dad just passed, and i'm away from home... ugh. thanks for this post, makes me grateful that i am in the US still, not overseas or anything...
Submitted by Nobb (user info) at 2003-12-26 16:50:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by esso_merda (user info) at 2003-12-26 14:55:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by antluvdog (user info) at 2003-12-26 14:35:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Good story.
Submitted by Sunny (user info) at 2003-12-26 13:59:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
*sniffle*
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2003-12-26 13:57:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by Lady_Emily_03 (user info) at 2003-12-26 13:48:09 EST (#)
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Submitted by Judoka (user info) at 2003-12-26 11:29:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Now this is a great story. Appreciation of our troops minus the jingoistic bullshit. Thank you and happy holidays to the men and women of our armed services.
Submitted by El_Guapo (user info) at 2003-12-26 10:50:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
shit, sorry man, forgot to rate dammit.
Submitted by El_Guapo (user info) at 2003-12-26 10:49:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
that is so cool. you military types really stick together, and that's a beautiful thing.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2003-12-26 09:49:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
DAMMIT STOP TUGGING AT MY HEART STRINGS!!!
Must....fight...the temptation....
to give + 2.....aaaghh, fuck you, take it!
Submitted by Jaineix (user info) at 2003-12-26 09:30:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
They're doing things I could not/don't want to do, thank God for people like them.
Submitted by natedawg (user info) at 2003-12-26 08:58:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I hope all those guys make it home safe.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2003-12-26 08:51:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by Yogimus (user info) at 2003-12-26 07:34:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
YAY it worked.