I shamelessly ripped off the list below from new Blue Star Blogroll member Lubbock Marine Parents. They just joined the blogroll today and I’m already taking stuff off their blog. How bad is that!

Over there they write:

This list has been added to from Marine moms all over the place and posted on several message boards. We think it’s hilarious and oh so true! Feel free to add some of your own.

Of course, I have to add ARMY mom in there and an Army uniform in this post :)

You know you’re a Marine-Army-Navy Mom when…

1. Your last good night’s sleep was 6 months before he left for bootcamp.
2. You have finally resigned yourself to the fact that Marine mail is delivered seasonally rather than daily.
3. Your Marine gives you ironing tips.
4. Your Marine’s version of pneumonia is “It’s just a cold, I’m fine.”
5. You realize the Marine Corps cure-all is Motrin.
6. The mere word “deployment” has you on the phone refilling your Xanax.
7. You can’t quite figure out what non-Marine mothers worry about.
8. You finally realize that Drill Instructors are not the anti-Christ and are more like heroes.
9. You’ve mailed at least a few packages that have been on around-the-world tours.
10. You forgot there were TV stations other than Fox News.
11. You find yourself bragging to friends about your Marine’s accuracy with an M-16.
12. You will get in a high speed chase just to catch up with someone’s Marine Corps bumper sticker.
13. When everything in your closet has Marine Mom on it and if it doesn’t, you put pins and yellow ribbons on it.
14. When you recognize the haircut and ask if you can have a hug because your son is deployed.
15. Someone says to you “My son has a high ASVAB and a great GP so after he leaves PI for CL and finishes his MOS at the SOI he is going to try for MSG.” and it makes sense to you.
16. When you don’t mind watching military movies even though you hated them growing up.
17. You tell your nephews they need a “high and tight”.
18. You and your husband buy a “good” flagpole for the front yard for Christmas and fly the American flag and the USMC flag 24/7, lighted, and money is no object.
19. You buy cadence CDs and listen to them when you power walk.
20. Your friends and family always start conversations with “How are the boys?”
21. You make sure to get up early to watch the Rose Bowl Parade so you can see the Marine Band.
22. You tear up every time you see someone in uniform.
23. When you have no small children, but you search toy stores for Marine G.I. Joes and buy them.
24. When the post office personnel know you by your first name.
25. When your son is in Iraq and you dial his cell phone so you can hear his voice on his outgoing message.
26. When you always know what time it is in Iraq or Okinawa or San Diego.
27. Your son has the ability to iron his own shirt…while he is wearing it!
28. You don’t mind the long lines at the post office because you are NOT leaving until you get that care package mailed to your Marine.
29. You BEG his life-long best friend to do a “David impression” and then everyone eats David’s favorite foods.
30. When the phone rings you don’t answer it unless the caller ID shows it is your Marine and then you run over husband, cats, dogs, small children and little old ladies to answer the phone, no matter what injuries any of them might sustain in the process.
31. You purchase Marine shirts for grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
32. You have a bad day at work and your co-workers serenade you with the Marine Hymn and give you a red rose and the whole office is crying.
33. Your son, who had such a messy room growing up that is was a health hazard, informs you on a visit home that you flunked inspection because of a little dust.
34. When your Marine calls YOU for information because he knows you’ll get it from the other moms online.
35. When watching the West Wing you care nothing about the plot, you are just peering closely to see the Marines in dress blues at the White House.
36. You are mopping the kitchen floor and your son walks in and says “You call that cleaning?”
37. You have a blue star banner proudly displayed in your picture window.
38. You search military websites for any news of where your son or daughter might be/has been.
39. Your email has the Iwo Jima background, an animated American flag, a “We Support Our Troops” yellow ribbon icon and plays the Marine Hymn in a continuous loop.
40. When you try to read aloud to others the “You know you are a Marine mom when…” list you can’t because of the lump in your throat and the tears in your eyes.
41. You taped the Marine’s Toys for Tots commercial where the little boy tells the Marine “you really are Santa Claus” and you cry every time you see it.


Yep. This applies to Army mothers, too. Just reading it puts a lump in my throat because I know every other mother with a son/daughter deployed knows.

UPDATE: Lubbock Marine Parents has a list, Part II. Check it out :)

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