Quote Originally Posted by Drillagent View Post
One of the single Soldiers from my unit will also be over. If any of them can't make it home, I always offer mine for the holidays. I guess you can call that the non-typical tradition in my house.
But it is a very typical, and commendable, tradition on a military installation. I never had to worry about being away from family on Thanksgiving when I was an enlisted man because there was always a Sergeant to invite me over.