#Military Family

[harryandmeghansussex]

[this-hopeless-war]

[punkglamwham]

Be sure to thank a military member for their service today and always and from me to any and all military personnel and to all the medics! You guys are my heroes

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICE!

[lettucedloophole]

possibly the worst part of family vacations is seeing how my younger cousins are treated. my mom has since grown but she said our younger cousins remind her of us and man... at breakfast today my mom was showing my Four Year Old Cousin pictures she took during the vacation while smiling. there was a picture of his dad choking him (""jokingly"" i think?) and he said "i'm going to choke my dad by myself" and the other people at the table were like "that's so violent why would he say that :(" but when told its bc his dad was choking him they laughed... his mom was nonchalant abt it.

parents talk casually about when they accidentally hit their kids into furniture or halfway across the room when they just meant to do a little, "deserved" smack of discipline. heard another story like this during vacation, and it reminds me of the time my dad pulled my brother's hair while they were asleep and he started crying in class. he told the guidance counselor what happened and cps was supposed to come, but they never did. wouldn't have changed anything. my dad was pissed off about it but tried to play it off like he'd take their objective investigation.

those little brown kids are going to have to heal. i may be traumatized, but i feel like i was relatively safe as my dad was a softer person when i was younger. my uncle, my young cousins' dad, struggled with ptsd and he's better now but hasn't learned not to treat your kids like that. i wonder if my discomfort is obvious. i worry a little as the dad is the one who's a traumatized vet and republican (though not a crazy bigoted one), just because when my mom was traumatized by the military that meant abuse for my brothers and me. i hope the happiness of his marriage and healing shields his children from some of that treatment.

it's just sad cause they think they're being funny but it's just so...

my fam was stressed about cleaning up the airbnb we were staying in, it was about 11 at night and i was at the mall so i didn't get to try out the pool. it was no biggie, but i figured i could just go in at night. my aunt said no bc of quiet hrs, which is fine, i didn't know they had that in place around here, but she said she'd beat me if i snuck out and my aunt is the kind one and like Girl... i am 21 years old 😭

but i don't think i'm going to be an adult in samoan culture for a while now, and even if i am the elders will always trump me. it reminds me of how my cousin was beaten by her father because he lost some money he put in his lavalava (it's a samoan article of clothing, an EASY FUCKING THING to lose money you tuck into it) and thought she stole it based on one experience years ago. like, with a belt and bruises, and she is a 25 year old woman. i learned about this on my last vacation, and my aunt, her mom, cried and yelled at her father (and her brothers, who thought it was just fair that she was beaten). my mom offered to have her stay with us... it's been months, i checked in to how she's doing recently and she's forgiven her father, so my mom and auntie have too. i will not.

what can i do. i hope they cut contact with their parents until they change like i did, and i hope that works for them. or i hope their parents find jesus in a different sense and adopt nonviolent parenting. fruitless wish, the last one, probably. my cousins seem to have a twinge of sadness to them. the cheeriest one was downcast when we said our goodbyes, and i wonder if it's because it marks a return to normalcy where aunties who "coddle" kids will stop them from getting hit, be patient with them, or comfort them after it happens. what can you do.

[thepastisapebbleinmyshoe]

With a mother raised by the silent code of military conduct, in the lonely home of a hateful man, hardened by all the air force failed to see in him. She dreamed of her enrollment at West Point's famous Military Academy. It was the height of the Vietnam war and my Father would become one of many the military called upon. You see, our destiny was written beneath the stars and stripes that rest quietly over each of my Grandfather's caskets. I lost them both while we were stationed overseas, before my ninth birthday. Though I have been told about them my whole life, I often find myself dreaming of what each of them must have been like. It's hard to miss something I've never had but that is what I miss, everything that never was but could have been.

Stars and Stripes

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Rotha Lintorn-Orman (1895-1935) formed the British Fascisti, Britain's first fascist organisation. She came from a military family and, having joined the Boy Scouts, had to be persuaded into the Girl Guide organisation. She served in the First World War in the Women's Emergency Corps. Her organisation, the British Fascisti, lost members to the British Union of Fascists under Sir Oswald Mosley.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[voidoffline]

Being a military brat is crazy, because I’ll see a post about how someone is moving and struggling with having to leave everything (including friends and relationships) behind or their friends moving away and that being equally as much of a struggle and all I can think is ‘struggle? That’s just another ordinary Tuesday.’

Like no I do understand people’s pain, but I have long since gotten used to having friends who only last a year and having ‘houses’ to live in but never a home

[flamegobrrrr]

Netflix is so stupid. Like yeah the whole password sharing thing is stupid, but wanna know what’s more stupid? They don’t do anything for military. The American company. Oh you got deployed? No Netflix!!! Source: my family is dropping Netflix because my dad won’t be able to watch it and he’s getting deployed soon.

In case you’re not from America: the military is a huge fucking thing. America glorifies the troops + the military heavily. If more people knew about this the rednecks would be pissed.

TLDR: Fuck Netflix!!

[roshoes]

Mother refuses to do anything with her awards from when she was active military so I’m putting that shit on my back pack so when people ask I can say it’s my moms. THEN NON OF THESE BITCHES WILL BE ASKING IF I HAVE A MOM! Bro everyone thinks I’m motherless.

[sharkspez]

Badge: 📺 📺 📺

✝️ God Bless our Military Veterans 💂‍♂️

[harryandmeghansussex]

"The final day of competition for #WarriorGames2023 was extra special with a visit from Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex. Prince Harry spent time with athletes and their families, and watched the Sitting Volleyball Finals as the 2023 Warrior Games came to a close."

[dislocatedchristians]

Are you part of a military family, or do you care about someone who is?

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[sewgeekmama]

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[liberty1776]

A folded flag is a small consolation for the loss of a father. A parents duty to their children is higher than their responsibility to the state. All responsible parents in the military should resign and come home to be there to take care of their family. The freedom of the people of the USA has not been seriously threatened by a foreign power in over 50 years or perhaps more than a century. A parents first duty is to family over state. Especially not to die in our senseless modern conflicts that have nothing to do with defending freedom or the American people. People have a higher calling than to serve the the state. Your children deserve more from you than a folded flag to remember you by.