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<blockquote data-quote="loudshirt" data-source="post: 1996731" data-attributes="member: 10585">I was thinking about a couple of my Thanksgivings that I spent away from home and wondered if anyone else had any fond or not so fond memories of an interesting Thanksgiving.&nbsp; I have two different interesting places I spent Thanksgiving.I spent Thanksgiving 1993 in boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Ca.&nbsp; We did about as little as you could do at boot camp and had a &quot;Thanksgiving meal&quot;.&nbsp; Sliced turkey and such.&nbsp; That was the first of many Thanksgivings I would spend away from home.The second is Thanksgiving 2001.&nbsp; In August 2001 I left Camp Pendleton Ca. with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.&nbsp; Do to 9/11 by the end of October we were sitting off the coast of Pakistan waiting further orders.&nbsp; About mid November we found out that around Thanksgiving we were going go into Afghanistan.&nbsp; A couple of days before we had &quot;Thanksgiving&quot; on ship.&nbsp; The food was good and there was plenty of it.&nbsp; That Tuesday or&nbsp; Wednesday we flew from the USS Peleliu to Pakistan.&nbsp; I ended up spending Thanksgiving in Pakistan, dont worry I found a Turkey MRE for dinner.&nbsp; 24hrs later give or take we were in Afghanistan taking over Camp Rhino.Lets hear about other Thanksgivings spent in odd places.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="loudshirt, post: 1996731, member: 10585"] I was thinking about a couple of my Thanksgivings that I spent away from home and wondered if anyone else had any fond or not so fond memories of an interesting Thanksgiving. I have two different interesting places I spent Thanksgiving. I spent Thanksgiving 1993 in boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Ca. We did about as little as you could do at boot camp and had a "Thanksgiving meal". Sliced turkey and such. That was the first of many Thanksgivings I would spend away from home. The second is Thanksgiving 2001. In August 2001 I left Camp Pendleton Ca. with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Do to 9/11 by the end of October we were sitting off the coast of Pakistan waiting further orders. About mid November we found out that around Thanksgiving we were going go into Afghanistan. A couple of days before we had "Thanksgiving" on ship. The food was good and there was plenty of it. That Tuesday or Wednesday we flew from the USS Peleliu to Pakistan. I ended up spending Thanksgiving in Pakistan, dont worry I found a Turkey MRE for dinner. 24hrs later give or take we were in Afghanistan taking over Camp Rhino. Lets hear about other Thanksgivings spent in odd places. [/QUOTE]

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