Snowden Archive
——
The SIDtoday
Files
Browse the Archive

Thanksgiving Stories: Ever Have an ‘Odd Duck’ of a Holiday?

SUMMARY

SIDtoday would like submissions of quirky Thanksgiving experiences that NSA’ers have had while deployed. 

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Nov 14, 2005

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Mar 01, 2018

1/1
Download
Page 1 from Thanksgiving Stories: Ever Have an ‘Odd Duck’ of a Holiday?
DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U) Thanksgiving Stories: Ever Have an 'Odd Duck' of a Holiday? FROM: SIGINT Communications Unknown Run Date: 11/14/2005 (U) During your NSA career, have you ever found yourself in odd circumstances for Thanksgiving? Perhaps you were tdy to some exotic land where the populace wouldn't know a cranberry from a pumpkin?... Maybe a local family invited you to dinner?... Or were you stationed at a military base when the Secretary of Defense flew in unexpectedly to share a turkey dinner with the troops?... Working shift on Thanksgiving when something unusual happened? (U) If you have any good "NSA Thanksgiving" stories, please send them our way -- just a couple of paragraphs explaining what happened. If we get enough anecdotes, we'll post them on SID today . (Read what people sent in for Labor Day .) Send your story to and . We're hoping to hear from you! "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108