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| Preggy Service Member Gets a Little Help from Her Husband |
| 2016-07-30 |
| [FOX] "I'm active duty Air Force, and I'm too pregnant to reach my feet anymore, which at the time was a stressful thing to realize. So, without asking, my loving husband decided to help me put on, and take off my combat boots everyday for the last month so that I can still wear my full uniform with pride. Love can be big romantic gestures, or the day to day caring that often goes unseen, but I've never felt more loved than by someone making small daily sacrifices just to help me feel human again." Being preggies makes me feel inhuman. Oh the "stress" of boot laces. "Combat"....boots? The military, it's all about love, right? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 RTWT: from the headline, i (wrongly) assumed the story would be about hubby doing the delivery, right there in the back seat of the Family Truckster and would be the perfect set up line for "he was there for the launching as well as the keel laying." now i have to compare boot installation knowledge shortcalls to Oregonian motorists that their gov't deems too stupid to know how to pump gas (only spey trained pump jockeys can fill your tank) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-07-30 10:45 |
| #2 US Army Iraq tour of duty extended from 12 months to 15 months. USAF tour, 5 months. (circa 2007) |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-07-30 08:42 |
| #1 Hey, B, it's the Air Force. Roughing it means getting a non-availability statement for a hotel room rather than being put up in local Army temp quarters (circa 1980s). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-07-30 08:36 |