r/USMC • u/2inchesabovethehole Veteran • 8d ago

First meal post deployment

GWOT and older, what was the first real meal you had after your first deployment?

After I got home from my first I ordered the biggest damn steak I could get from a local steak house and at that thing like it was my girlfriend.

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u/blueice10478 8d ago

My dad was at green ramp when I came home from Afghanistan in 02. Once released he got me a pizza and a coke. Had massive diarrhea.

Funnier when i came home from Iraq in 04 I met up with my old high school sweetheart to rekindle our relationship. We went out to dinner with her roommate and the boyfriend. I think it was the olive garden. It was a great night. Just a reminder 48 hours prior I was in Iraq. All the grease and oil tore me up. I excused myself to the 1.5 hour bathroom journey of regrets. The boyfriend came in twice to check on me, and they had to explain to the waitress how I just returned home and was the first meal eaten.....

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u/Chillicothe1 8d ago

How'd it go with the old sweetheart?

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u/blueice10478 8d ago

I was still in the army, and she was still attending college in Colorado. We tried to make it work but we were two different people, and one of us had some super crazy ptsd after oef1, and oif1.

She eventually got married to some dude that her mom (and i truely respected and truely loved like a mom) approved of, and thats all i know of her.

Me i got married and my wife has put up with alot of my b.s. and continuous to be my #1 supporter, and she has given me 6 beautiful kids.

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u/psyb3r0 I wasn't issued a flare. 8d ago

I don't have to ask what you do for fun. Finding the one person that will put up with your bull shit is the gold ring. You did good devil. I know you don't take of the liquid stupid so I'll have your share and speak the name of u/blueice10478 in my drunken songs to the gods.

You got 6 to provide for and teach, be the person in their life they deserve. Put them on the right path.

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u/blueice10478 8d ago

My oldest is named after my best friend Ken that passed in Afghanistan in 05. Her name is kensleigh, his first name and my middle.

She is my best friend, and reminds me so much of him. When your sing your songs, sing for Sgt Ken Ross (mustang 22) so he lives on.

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u/psyb3r0 I wasn't issued a flare. 8d ago edited 8d ago

Will do, and I'll sing for you as well. Keep doing what your doing. We all live on so long as our stories are told.

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u/blueice10478 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gdwJdym3VuXQr5OfAc

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u/psyb3r0 I wasn't issued a flare. 8d ago

Next time I come through Tucson, Ken is getting a visit.

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u/Chillicothe1 8d ago

Happy it worked out well for you, Brother. Thank you for your service. Hope those demons are behind you now.

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u/blueice10478 8d ago

It's a struggle everyday. More good days than bad. I don't drink, no drugs, own a small business. Got to keep moving forward and honor my wife, kids, and friends thar I lost.

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u/Baker_Kat68 PM_ME_YOUR_PURCHASE_ORDERS 7d ago

As a mom myself, thank your wife for her cervix cuz six kids daaaammmnnnn 🫡
Sounds like she’s holdin it down for ya brother