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03-09-2003, 11:22 PM

Revalot

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Registered: 03-09-2003
Total Posts: 1

You might be a military brat if... (Re: vann)

...you ever bivouaced in the back yard with your dad's pup tent, using those God awful itchy OD green khaki wool blankets as both mat under you and for covers. Then sneaking out late at night to visit all your friends who were also camping out. I bet I could still put up one of those pup tents!!

03-10-2003, 09:55 AM

Don

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Registered: 05-10-2002
Total Posts: 32

Re: You might be a military brat if... (Re: vann)

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...you ever bivouaced in the back yard with your dad's pup tent, using those God awful itchy OD green khaki wool blankets as both mat under you and for covers. Then sneaking out late at night to visit all your friends who were also camping out. I bet I could still put up one of those pup tents!!

Yeah, I could put it up but I couldn't fit in it! We went on a "bivouac" one time at one base in Japan. Decided to go catch a movie at another base after playing on same tanks at a third base. In short, our parents had no idea where we were for a couple days. Ignorance was bliss but then they weren't concerned. Imagine allowing young kids to do that now.

03-13-2003, 00:39 AM

Shortie

Captain

Registered: 03-01-2003
Total Posts: 15

Re: You might be a military brat if... (Re: vann)

Quote:
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...you ever bivouaced in the back yard with your dad's pup tent, using those God awful itchy OD green khaki wool blankets as both mat under you and for covers. Then sneaking out late at night to visit all your friends who were also camping out. I bet I could still put up one of those pup tents!!

Yeah, I could put it up but I couldn't fit in it! We went on a "bivouac" one time at one base in Japan. Decided to go catch a movie at another base after playing on same tanks at a third base. In short, our parents had no idea where we were for a couple days. Ignorance was bliss but then they weren't concerned. Imagine allowing young kids to do that now.

That's why they call them the good ole days,lol.Wouldn't let my kids do half the things we did.Back then the world was a safer place to live.I can never remember my parents worrying about where we were or what we were doing.They didn't have to.Did hate those wool blankets tho,lol.
Shortie

03-19-2003, 12:07 PM

mmc

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Total Posts: 1

Re: You might be a military brat if... (Re: vann)

Quote:
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...you ever bivouaced in the back yard with your dad's pup tent, using those God awful itchy OD green khaki wool blankets as both mat under you and for covers. Then sneaking out late at night to visit all your friends who were also camping out. I bet I could still put up one of those pup tents!!

Yeah, I could put it up but I couldn't fit in it! We went on a "bivouac" one time at one base in Japan. Decided to go catch a movie at another base after playing on same tanks at a third base. In short, our parents had no idea where we were for a couple days. Ignorance was bliss but then they weren't concerned. Imagine allowing young kids to do that now.

That's why they call them the good ole days,lol.Wouldn't let my kids do half the things we did.Back then the world was a safer place to live.I can never remember my parents worrying about where we were or what we were doing.They didn't have to.Did hate those wool blankets tho,lol.
Shortie

What a great site!!!!

Active Brat from 65-84
Forever Brat 84-?

.....every June-August you get a terrible, maddening urge to re-arrange your furniture, paint your house, or move!

.....you teach your kids to always be nice to the new kid who comes in the middle of the school year, because it was you once, or twice, or more.

.....the nat.guard in the airports made you feel safe, not more nervous.

.....you thought that furniture only came from quater master

.....the question "where are you from?" becomes a conversation, not an answer.

.....you watch cnn and see generals, that you knew as captains.

.....you understand (eventually) that sometimes dads or moms HAVE to go away for a while, and they do it for you.

.....you miss the salute at the front gate when you enter a base (for us non active brats)

03-20-2003, 00:43 AM

tejasymas

Captain

Registered: 08-08-2002
Total Posts: 18

Re: You Might be a Military Brat if . . . (Re: vann)

. . .your first thought at the announcement of the beginning of war is for the families waiting back at home, because you know exactly what is going through their minds, and what is in their hearts!

. . .you consider a military base/post as a great field trip for students.

. . .you have to move to truly clean house, because you don't know how to avoid accumulating "junk" when you stay in one place more than 3 years.

. . .your prayers include the U. S. military every single day, even when there's nothing "official" going on in the world, militarily.

. . .you know more than one verse of the "Star-Spangled Banner."

. . .being less than 15 minutes early for an appointment means that you are late.

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