35 Things You Are Sure to Find in Every Military Home

I wanted to repost this from Military Spouse web page!!


Take a look around your humble abode and you are sure to find a few items that your friends with civilian spouses don’t seem to have in every crook and cranny of their homes.  A group of our talented Military Spouse contributors put their heads together and came up with a list of all those unique, interesting and sometimes down-right funny things you are sure to find in the home of someone serving our country.  Oh, we know that not everyone has every single item on this list… but chances are if you are military family long enough, you will find most of these items lurking around.  Which items would you add to our list?


“35 Things You Are Sure to Find in Every Military Home”


35. Tan socks and protein powder. (in our case its green socks and 4 containers of protein)
34. Bedroom furniture in the living room.
33. Black shoe wax and spray starch.
32. Customs forms and flat rate boxes. ( This is a major one)
31. A countdown poster, paper chain, or calendar.
30. Boxes of clothing from a completely different climate-- which you don't dare get rid of because you don't know where you'll be stationed next!
29. An unlimited supply of Motrin!
28. Magnets and take out menus from places you no longer live! ( Im OCD proud to say this is not true)

27. 23 bottles of shampoo from the last case-lot sale.
26. Baggies full of dammits, pins, patches, ribbons and medals.
25. Canteens, and waterproof notebooks.
24. A dish that someone left at the cookout you hosted.
23. Spices or dry goods from six moves ago.
22. Flat, white sheets and a box of paint to make the next homecoming banner.
21. Daddy Dolls

20. Sports team memorabilia from a team thousands of miles away. (O-H-I-O)
19. Beautiful furniture in the garage.  It fit in the house you just left… but won’t fit through these doors.
18. A scattering of "frogs" (pin backs) on every counter - the bathroom, the kitchen, the shelf in the laundry room…
17. Skiing gear in HI and beach toys in AK.
16. A driveway full of cars with license plates (and inspection stickers) from three different states.
15. CamelBaks… multiple CamelBaks.
14. White Walls.
13. Little piles of things from pockets. Usually a pen and then odd notes that resemble scratchings from the Davinci Code.
12. Brand new cleaning supplies because the movers can’t pack them. ( i HATE THIS)
11. Those little, black clicky pens.
10. Covers, which no husband can ever seem to find.
9. A few, bad formal gowns.
8. A case of MRE’s in the garage.
7. Tuff boxes full of gear taking up the spot in the garage where the car is supposed to be.
6. Red, yellow or blue stickers (moving stickers) under a few pieces of furniture.
5. Unit and challenge coins.
4. An assortment of alcohol glasses from different balls.
3. An unpacked box that seems to follow you wherever you go.
2. Sets of curtains, not currently being used.
1. Boots, boots…and MORE boots!


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 (Contributing Writers: Morgan Slade, Erin Whitehead, Monica Pugh, Clarice Williams, Stacy Huisman, Beth Garland, Lucha Reyna, Samantha Dean, Tia Johnson, Jen McDonald, Kate Dolack, Cyndia Rios-Myers)