* When leaving for my walk this morning, I said I was "stepping off" not leaving.
* There is no breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks in my house. It's all just "chow."
* I have actually uttered the phrase, "I'm going to link up with
* I can easily identify the branch of service someone is in based on either uniform pattern and style or where their rank is placed on the uniform.
* It was MY idea to name my son Gunner.
* When talking to someone about what they do for a living, I don't ask them their occupation, I ask them their MOS.
* When driving through any area with houses, I automatically slow down to 15 miles per hour.
* Regardless of the store I'm in, I automatically offer the cashier my ID card.
* I know at least three cadences... and have used them to sing my son to sleep.
* I understand and can define acronyms such as PCS, TDY, LES, POV, PT and many more.
* I no longer have to add or subtract 12 to understand military time.
* Referring to someone by their first name, rather than their last, is odd to me.
* Roll Call is not something done in school for attendance, it is something that is heart-wrenchingly sad.
** Now, I think I came up with all of these on my own; however, there is the possibility that they are out there on one of those numerous "You Know You're A Military Wife..." thingees. But these are all true in my life. **
4 comments:
Been there, done that. When I got divorced, it was really hard to change my ways. lol
LOL
Its funny how we adapt to things like that ... Jim was Army ...now firefighter/paramedic and he's got tons of terms that he throws my direction that I'm starting to use ...
lol I still don't get military time...Ken uses it all the time and my slow mind still has to do the counting thing lol...
great post, it was fun to read and I learned something from it...(I had to look up the meaning of the abreviations lol)
I hope you had an amazing christmas :) you deserve so much more :) Merry Late Christmas and a Happy New Year
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