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Serving as a Marine recruiter in western North Carolina, I found a young man who met all the requirements and was ready to enlist. I explained the importance of being truthful on the application, and he began filling out his paperwork. But when he got to the question “Do you own any foreign property or…

While standing watch in the Coast Guard station in Juneau, Alaska, I got a call from the Navy in the nearby city of Adak. They had lost contact with one of their planes, and they needed the Coast Guard to send an aircraft to go find it. I asked the man where the Navy aircraft…

“I feel sorry for this soldier,” joked my husband as he handed me a flier he’d found in our mailbox. It read: Lost Cat Black and white Answers to Nate Belongs to a soldier Recently neutered –Sondra Gilbertson Provided Courtesy of Reader’s Digest. Click here for more “Military Jokes“.

Marines are known for storming the beaches, not for romance. I witnessed this firsthand at the base in Twentynine Palms, California. One of the enlisted men complimented the receptionist’s flowered jacket. “It’s very pretty,” he said shyly. “Thank you,” she replied coyly. “Yeah,” he went on. “It looks just like my mother’s sofa.” –Carla Martin…
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