What Was Your First Big Purchase After Separating or Retiring?

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A bong

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SPC Rob Pineda

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I bought a Nissan Sentra, brand new. Worst car I ever had!

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PO2 Giavanna Stalling

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My first big purchase was used 2009 Mazda, after that a house.

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SSgt Elroy Galvis

Posted >1 y ago

A fixer upper that we made a home...

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PO1 Herbert Glory

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Our home.

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SPC (Join to see)

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Vacations to my island, Puerto Rico

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PO3 Philip Sweeting

Posted >1 y ago

A new house. It cost me $15,000 back in 1972.

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Cpl Javier Laos

Posted >1 y ago

The first big purchase was a 2000 BMW 325i. That was a big reward for me after leaving the military

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PO3 Philip Sweeting

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A 17 year old kid in S. FL recently was doing 135mph in one of those rear ended a van and killed 6 people

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PV2 Andre Mears

Posted >1 y ago

THE FIRST THING I DID AFTER RETIRING WAS TO PURCHASE MY FIRST NEW HOOME AND FURNISHED IT AT THE SAME TIME

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SA Thomas Thayer

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car

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SA Thomas Thayer

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used Ford Pinto

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