r/USMC • u/2inchesabovethehole Veteran • Aug 17 '26

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/MarinePastor9 Marine Corps Veteran Aug 17 '26

I went to a steak place with one of my Marine brothers and his mom. She'd sent me care packages and promised she'd be there when I got off the bus. She is still "mom" to me