As I sit and meditate on this Holiday season, I can remember my first Thanksgiving as a soldier. It wasn’t funny then, but I can laugh about it now.
I had just went on active duty and was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I had intended to drive home for Thanksgiving. I had gotten casual pay earlier to help buy some uniform stuff that I needed. What I didn’t realize was that all of the money would be taken back at once. When I got my LES for -$13.00 I realized that there wouldn’t be any travelling that season. I took the little money that I had and bought a large box of fish sticks and another large box of noodles to eat for the next 2 weeks until I would get paid again. I have never eaten another noodle or fish stick since then. A military ring will help you to remember and even laugh at some of the otherwise forgotten events of our past.
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