You know you are in The Army if...
- Added by youknowster, October 5, 2008 at 12:01am.
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Top 10 Reasons You know you are in The Army:
- you dread someone saying "I'm from the IG and I'm help."
- your family thinks nothing's wrong when you've been gone for at least a month.
- all of your kids sentences contain at least 7 F words.
- your stomach can't handle "real food" anymore, only MREs and T-Rats.
- you annoy your family with your favorite cadences.
- smoking has two meanings for you.
- when "Rations have arrived" you go last.
- your family's favorite hair style is a high and tight.
- you place sector stakes on the front porch.
- you look forward to getting your clothing allowance each year so you can actually shop a little.
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More reasons You know you are in The Army
- you spend your spare time polishing your boots.
- you see no problem with wearing BDU's to church.
- your wife's favorite lipstick colors are loam and light green.
- when "We will Win easily" means you go first.
- you think it is perfectly normal to jump out of an airplane at 800 ft. at 2 in the morning
- edge the sidewalk in front of your house with an E-Tool
- your dog's name is Ranger.
- you think waking up at 7am in sleeping in.
- you have a perimeter set up around your house that even rambo wouldn't want to full with.
- your kids weekend pass status is determined by their pt scores.
- your kids can do the 15 count inspection arms in their sleep.
- your car is held together by 550 cord.
- when "We are in this togather" means you go first.
- when "Victory is near" means you go first.
- your family's best friends are in the Army too.
- you jump for joy when you have a few extra bucks after paying the bills so you can get groceries.
- you tell little kids playing hide-and-seek that it would work better in BDUs.
- you wont let your wife go to the px because the laundry room failed inspection.
- your baby's first words are "All ok, Jumpmaster!"
- you refer to your son as Boy, Steven Type, 1 Each.
- when "understrenth enemy" means you go first.
- you own more pairs of combat boots than all of your shoes combined.
- you view going to the field as a camping vacation from work.
- your family eats MREs.
- you can't understand the fascination people have with being able to drive HUM-Vs around and playing with guns.
- your kids must clear housing when they leave for college.
- your kids must perform ten pull-ups before entering the dining room.
- your nicest set of clothes is your "Class A's"
- you can't tell your parents what you do for a living because it's classified.
- you make your kids pull fireguard and cq.
- "lights out" is at 2100 hrs every night.
- you make your kids fill out a sick call slip when they stay home from school.
- when camping, your family must dig a defelade for your RV.
- any kids in your neighborhood wear a beret when they go out to play
- everytime you hang up the phone you say "Out" instead of "Bye."
- you cut the grass in a set of jungle boots, Army PT shirt, and cut off BDUs.
- you go bowling with your buddies and as each person goes you yell, "Fire in the hole!!"
- when "dig in and do the work" really means DIG.
- you say to your wife "what's for chow" or "honey that was real good chow"
- you have more sets of BDUs than civilian clothes.

