How did you celebrate a wedding anniversary during deployment?

SrA Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 03:30:31 -0400

I’m on my first deployment and coming up on my 3 year anniversary with the wife. Looking for ideas to surprise her. Preferably realistic or from personal experience. Let me know what y’all did in this situation.

Response by CW4 Craig Urban made Aug 24 at 2020 4:53 AM

CW4 Craig Urban — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 04:53:00 -0400

I was in South Korea in 1970. Taegu. I sent her a plane ticket. We had not yet had any kids and had been married two years. She spent 8 months. I left after 13 months. Reassigned to Fort Carson. Son Erin was born at the Military Hospital.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 24 at 2020 7:25 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:25:48 -0400

SrA Private RallyPoint Member First, congrats on your 3-year anniversary.

I recently had my 15-year anniversary in your same circumstances. These are what I surprised my wife with. She loved them, and even my kids expressed surprise at how nice they looked. They aren't in stock at the moment, and the portrait gift is fairly expensive, but there are other in-stock alternatives. Apparently, the in-person quality is significantly higher than a video or image can do it justice.

I've always had a tendency to forget my anniversary (not uncommon for us guys), so I intentionally scheduled for the deliveries to occur one day after the actual anniversary day. The idea being that she would think I forgot again, and then BAM, she gets surprised with an awesome gift. The problem was, Amazon delivered them earlier than I wanted, but right on time for the anniversary. So it still worked out.

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Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 24 at 2020 9:34 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 09:34:15 -0400

Get flowers sent. Skype.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Aug 24 at 2020 11:11 AM

CAPT Kevin B. — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:11:45 -0400

These days with online shopping, etc., it's still the same. Skype is just, well Skype. Get out some paper and write a real letter. She's the ground commander back home, so honor that. That's all I could do back in the day the first 3 anniversaries we had. Missed Thanksgiving and Christmas days as well. Thought we got over most of that but no, it kept happening.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Aug 24 at 2020 2:18 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:18:59 -0400

Online sex.