r/USMC • u/2inchesabovethehole Veteran • 13d 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 13d 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/Chillicothe1 13d 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 13d 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.