July 24, 2011 
I’ll be the first to admit, maybe I’m old school in my thinking. There, it’s out there.
The other day I got an email from the wives email circuit at our base passing on a request from the other unit here. The email requested “unserviceable” uniforms to make purses with them to be sold at a fundraiser for the Marine Corps Ball. I thought I was going to spray my drink through my nose when I read that. Then I remembered that we were on our second computer monitor in a year and a half and I kept all liquid properly where it should be… in my mouth.
Now, I know they are asking for unserviceable uniforms but still, uniforms are uniforms and shouldn’t be cut up for scraps to make purses. I mean, in the interest of full disclosure I really am not a fan of the uniform purse to begin with. Add your husband’s rank to it and I really can’t stand them.
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