-Free Applebee’s meals on Veterans Day
 

-McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, Sunday, November 8

-Golden Corral Military Appreciation,  Monday, November 16,

-Knotts Berry Farm, November 1 through November 26

-Lowes – 10% off on Veterans Day

-Home Depot - 10% discounts

-Disney’s Armed Forces Salute at Disney Parks

-Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks - free park admission
Veterans and Armed Forces personnel can receive one free general
admission ticket or a Buy-One-Get-One-Free offer on reserved seats (up to 4
total tickets) to the UCLA vs Washington football game on Saturday, November
7th at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.  Present valid identification or be in
uniform at the UCLA Central Ticket Office M-F 10am to 4pm or at the Rose
Bowl on Game Day 11/7/09; or call (310) UCLA-WIN during business hours to
purchase tickets over the phone, pick up tickets at Rose Bowl on game day
with valid ID or be in uniform; or purchase tickets online at UCLABruins.com
<http://UCLABruins.com>  using  Pomo Code:  GOBRUINS.  Don’t miss the
pre-game Veterans and armed Forces Exhibit Fair in Lot H of the Rose Bowl.

*****Clippers will host a Military Appreciation Night on Friday, November
13th at 7:30 pm.  Service Men and Women and their families will be honored
and all military personnel in attendance will receive a commemorative
T-shirt.

If any of you have any other deals that can be passed on please leave them in the comments and I will make sure that they make it into the main article.

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Disneyland/California Adventure (Anaheim California):

Through June 12, 2009, each active or retired member of the U.S. military can receive one complimentary three-day “Disney’s Armed Forces Salute” ticket valid for admission to both Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure parks. During the offer period, active or retired U.S. military personnel also may make a one-time purchase of an adult or child three-day “Disney’s Armed Forces Salute Companion” ticket for up to five family members (including spouse) or friends for the price of an adult 1-Day Park Hopper ticket.

Disneyland Resort hotels are also offering special room rates for active or retired military personnel. For example, at Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, active or retired members of the military and their families may find hotel rooms starting at $119 per night during value season, with great savings during other times of the offer period. This offer is available through June 12, 2009, and the number of rooms available at these special rates is limited.

For information regarding “Disney’s Armed Forces Salute” at the Disneyland Resort, or to make reservations, military personnel may call 714/956-6424

Walt Disney World Resort (Florida):

From January 4 to December 23, 2009, each active or retired member of the U.S. military may obtain one complimentary five-day “Disney’s Armed Forces Salute” ticket with Park Hopper and Water Park Fun & More options. This ticket is valid for five days of admission into the four Walt Disney World theme parks, plus a total of five visits to a choice of a Disney water park, DisneyQuest Indoor Interactive Theme Park or certain other attractions. During this offer period, active or retired U.S. military personnel may also make a one-time purchase of up to a maximum of five, five-Day “Disney’s Armed Forces Salute Companion” tickets for $99 per ticket, plus tax, for family members (including spouse) or friends. Although this ticket for family members and friends does not include either the Park Hopper or Water Park Fun & More options, this ticket can be upgraded to add either such option, or both, for an additional $25, plus tax, per option. All tickets and options are non-transferable and must be used by Dec. 23, 2009.

Let us all thank the generosity of the Disney Company and make sure we use and abuse it.  For those of you that don’t have the pleasure of living in Southern California you can take a week off and see all the great sites out here.  Go to LA and visit Disneyland for three days then take a short trip down the coast to Sea World and take care of the discounts there.  Also Southern California is a baseball fan’s paradise with multiple major and minor league teams in the area.

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Sea World- Military Members can receive up to 4 free tickets for themselves and their dependants (discounted tickets after your four free for those of you with many rugrats) each year.

Knott’s Berry Farm- Show your military ID and receive adult tickets for 29.99 a savings of $20 and kids (age 3-11) for 19.99 (that is regular price).  Also in November (first 2 weeks or so) Knott’s will let one military member and guest in for free and extra tickets are discounted.

San Diego Zoo/Wild Animal Park- The zoo and wild animal park are free to active duty military all the time.

Neither Disneyland nor Magic Mountain offer any ticket discounts at the park but you can buy discounted tickets at ITT and save a few bucks that way.

USS Midway Tour- Tour the USS Midway (a great piece of WWII history) for free with your Military ID.

Deep Sea Fishing- Deep sea fishing is available in San Diego and Oceanside and offer great rates for military members sometimes up to half off.

ITT- ITT offices on Camp Pendleton, Miramar, and MCRD offer great rates on tickets to many of the other attractions throughout the area.  You can also get vouchers for hotels I Las Vegas and Primm through the ITT ticket offices.

Many restaurants, stores and shops offer military discounts in the San Diego area (large military population) you just need to ask for it many times.

There are plenty of opportunities to take advantage of in Southern California as long as you look around and do some research.  Also don’t be afraid to ask if there is a military discount the worst they can do is say no.

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Every Monday morning I listen to my Marines tell stories about how they went out and got plowed.  I drank half a bottle of Jack and 36 beers this weekend one guy brags.  I ask them why they go out and drink all the time and time and time again I get well there’s nothing else to do.

How is this possible?

I don’t understand how a young man in Southern California can say that there is nothing better to do than to drink all weekend.  Camp Pendleton is located 45 minutes North of San Diego and 30 minutes South of Anaheim.  LA is just over an hour away and Las Vegas is about a 5 hour drive.  There is plenty to do in Southern California besides spend the weekend drinking

Attractions

As I wrote in an earlier post Southern California is a baseball fans dream.  Three ML teams within an hour and a half from the gates of Pendleton.  Also there are plenty of theme parks in the area from Sea World in San Diego to Six Flags in Valencia (Northern LA area) with Disneyland, California Adventure, Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal Studios in the middle.  So as you can see there is plenty of stuff you can do

But that costs money

The things mentioned above can hit the wallet pretty hard but there are ways around it.  Sea World gives a free ticket to every military member (and up to 3 dependants) each and every year.  Knott’s Berry Farm is free for service members and one dependant (with discounted tickets after that) during the first two weeks or so of November (Veteran’s Day timeframe).  Also you can visit ITT and receive discounts to many attractions throughout the area.

Free

If that still is too expensive there are plenty of things to do around here that are free.  There are miles upon miles of beautiful beaches to go to.  The world famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park are free to active duty service members every time you go.  You can tour the USS Midway in the San Diego Bay for free.

So as you can see while stationed aboard Camp Pendleton there is plenty of stuff that you can do in the local communities that is not all that expensive and can even be cheaper than the half a bottle of Booze and 36 beers that you are drinking every Friday and Saturday night all you have to do is get up and look around

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