‘I Really Appreciate It’: Active Duty Service Members Have Special Thanksgiving Dinner

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FORT MEADE, Md. (WJZ) — Hundreds of progressive work work members astatine Thanksgiving meal connected basal arsenic galore cannot marque it location to beryllium with family.

The bid unit astatine Fort Meade wanted to marque definite these men and women had the accepted turkey and ham dinners with each the fixings but the declaration Manager for the Food Service Staff, Melba Taylor, said they similar to sprinkle successful a fewer surprises.

“We person steak, we person lobster tail, we person shrimp and we person an assortment of desserts. A;most each dessert you tin imagine,” Taylor said.

After 19 years of serving this repast to the men and women successful uniform, Taylor said she would not miss the opportunity.

“It’s conscionable an grant to service those who service us,” Taylor said. “These young radical are my son’s property and to spot the joyousness connected their faces and springiness them hope, it makes them a small much joyful.”

Kourtney Nunnery, a Private First Class successful the Army is distant from her household successful Fayetteville for training. “I truly admit that they came retired and made america truly bully food,” Nunnery said. She has the time disconnected from her duties and hopes to bent with friends who person go much similar family.”

I heard the bowling alley is unfastened truthful I mightiness spell bowling but different than that I’ll conscionable beryllium relaxing due to the fact that it’s been a stressful fewer weeks,” Nunnery added.

Derick Fennell is besides a Private First Class successful the Army. “This is the archetypal clip being distant from my household during Thanksgiving,” helium said. “They made each the accepted nutrient that my ma would marque and I’m going to archer her erstwhile I FaceTime her similar ‘look they got cheesecake, they got macaroni, they got it all.'”

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Fennell said helium has besides made friends that are his fill-in household portion he’s distant from home. “We don’t person our families but we’re benignant of a family, truthful it’s a caller contented with them to laugh, and chuckle, ticker movies and I deliberation it’ll beryllium a bully alteration of pace,” Fennell added. “With them putting this each unneurotic for Thanksgiving, I truly admit it.”