What is the most memorable thanksgiving that you spent while in the military?

Iraq. We had each other. While getting receiving mortar rounds every day.

Orgun-E Afghanistan in 2004...upheld the Turkey Bowl tradition and everything! RLTW!

I have fond memories of a fabulous home cooked meal on Thanksgiving at ARAMCO in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 1991. Our hosts weren't sure what we would want so they prepared a traditional turkey dinner, a lasagna, a meat loaf, bacon and plenty of non existent fermented liquids. Apparently Allah could not see into the compound any more than he can see into the Royal family's monthly liquor (I mean sealed pouch) deliveries.

I would have to say the one during Desert Storm. We cooked, I was on KP, 32 turkeys, covered them in Mashed potatoes and set them one the tables for decoration. Then had T-rat sliced turkey and gravy with dressing with sliced bread!

Latvia 2014. We were expecting to have the same type of meals we were getting up until then. About a week out we heard that we would have Turkey ham and a lot of other dishes. The best part though was the day of. The Latvians were going to celebrate Thanksgiving with us, and they arranged for a schools musicians and their dance team to help out. Before we started the meal the musicians played and the dance team preformed a traditional Latvian dance. One of the best surprises I have ever had.

2008 Afghanistan...no crap I was there.....just arrived on my FOB a couple of weeks prior and my team SGT and some other Soldiers on the FOB had rounded up these Afghanistan Turkeys. They were some crackhead looking things; nothing like what you see in the states. So it's a lazy day maintenance and other odds and ends, and 1SG (team SGT) wasn't around. And after while, neither were the turkeys. Don't know how he did it without making a lot of noise, but he had killed quite a few turkeys for us and the others on the FOB, They were dressed and all, and when chow time came, go inside and in the heaters were the turkeys. I'll give it to top, he made something out of nothing and it was a ok meal. Hot and fresh with the occasional feather floating around. He made everyone smile that day and he knows he did a damn good job bringing thanksgiving to us over there. I'm just glad that when it was time to rotate I left early enough to skip thanksgiving. Not sure if I could kill a bunch of turkeys. Let alone clean and dress em.

Overseas! 2011-12 with my unit !

As a crew member of a CH47 helicopter - we brought meals to soldiers in the field making three trips on Thanksgiving in Viet Nam.

Was in the northern mountainous region (I Corp) in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne. Monsoon Season. The clouds and fog hugged the mountains grounding the Hueys. Socked in. No food for 4 days. We shared what we had with each other which was about nothing. Hunger pains were awful. We used to tie our ponchos to trees to keep some of the rain off us at night. One mourning, no more sound of rain hitting my poncho. Soon after, the chop chop of a Huey hovering overhead. The door gunner was throwing out cases of C-Rations. We were on the side of a mountain and the C-Ration boxes broke on impact causing much of it to be lost. We were like animals after that food.

A few days later, we moved down into a valley. They must of felt sorry for us. They sent out cooks with a turkey dinner in those green food cans. Think of that time every Thanksgiving. And I never waste food til this day.

Twas the night before Thanksgiving 1969. My section on Dusters were providing perimeter defense at base Tan Ninh. It was early morning and we were hit by mortar's and rockets. Our mess hall was located relatively close to the fuel bladders. The VC got a direct and destroyed the mess hall as well as others. Brass heard what occurred and sent Thanksgiving dinner to us from Tan Son Nhut air base. It was great.