8) (Christine L) I blame this one on my husband. I was at the armory with our baby and while I was talking with someone, he took the baby into his “office.” Unbeknownst to me, there was a top secret clearance operational meeting happening and so when I casually walked in and said, “HI GUYS!!” I was destroying OPSEC and raising EVERYONE’S eyebrows. My husband had a panicked look on his face so I had to immediately turn around, holler “BYE GUYS!” and walked out with the baby.
7) (Alicia B.) Going to the shopette for a bottle of wine after a VERY long week with the hubby deployed and my 6 year old picking up a bottle and asking extremely loudly, “Mommy is THIS the wine you want?!” *sigh* I grabbed my moscato and exited quickly!
6) (Stephanie P.) I had a full phone conversation with my husband’s 1st SG without realizing it wasn’t my husband (they sound very similar on the phone and their phone numbers were only one number off.) I finished the conversation with an “I love you” which is when our SG asked if I knew who I was talking to. To make things worse our 1SG would sing “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling” every time he saw me for months!!
5) (Kate D.) When my husband and I were first married, I was staying with him in SD and didn’t have my car. His was manual, which I didn’t know how to drive. The night prior, he gave me driving lessons. He drove to base and we switched and put me into the driver’s seat so that I could drive home. As soon as he jumped out and left, I tried to reverse and got stuck in reverse. In the middle of the road. During rush hour. Finally, after what felt like 100 cars honking at me, a Marine jumped out and offered to help me into a spot. When my husband answered my frantic calls, he found me standing next to his car, in the CO’s spot. He freaked out. I ended up having to wait for a taxi at the entrance to the base in my pajamas, (I didn’t expect to actually get out) as all the military personnel drove past me on their way to work.
4) (Melonie A.) My curious 5 year old was with me at the commissary on a busy afternoon. We had recently had a talk about death and the circle of life. While in a long line to check out, people in front and behind us, a chatty veteran struck up a conversation with my daughter and all of the sudden she says to the gentleman, (quite matter of factly) “You’re really old! Do you know you’re going to die soon?” The veteran cracked a smile and retorted, “This is very true youngin’.” I about died, myself. Beat red and nowhere to hide….that was the longest wait in line at the commissary ever!
