25 Military Sayings, Quotes and Phrases Only Used by Military Families

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15. Hurry up and wait

Most usually used to describe waiting for mom to finish getting ready to leave the house, after she spent the last two hours screaming at everyone to get ready, instead of getting ready herself. Now the entire family has to stand at parade rest in fear of wrinkling their freshly ironed clothes and thus incur the wrath of mom who is still applying makeup. Or deciding what to wear, if you are unlucky.

25 Military Sayings, Quotes and Phrases Only Used by Military Families

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