Congratulations to you and your entire family, especially that great looking son!!!
Elk
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FBHO!!!
The Idaho Elk Hunter
Posts: 25656 | Location: Virginia | Registered: December 16, 2001
Congratulations. Best wishes for a productive and safe career.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
Posts: 20193 | Location: The Free State of Arizona - Ditat Deus | Registered: March 24, 2011
Lone Soldier is an interesting program, only open to those with no immediate family in Israel.
Fun fact, the US and Russia are the two largest sources of recruits, roughly 500 a year. All the best to your son, it’s quite a step to serve in another country’s armed forces.This message has been edited. Last edited by: reloader-1,
Thanks for all the support and well-wishing. Elias actually has family in Israel, an Aunt and Uncle (from the States) and 3 cousins, all of whom already served in the IDF. So, it is nice having family in-country.
I've not been to Israel since 2006 when my kids were in 1st and 2nd grade. I'm looking forward to going back this summer.
Posts: 3553 | Location: Alexandria, VA | Registered: March 07, 2011
Congratulations. That is a great accomplishment. You must be quite proud!
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Originally posted by sigmonkey: I'd fly to Turks and Caicos with live ammo falling out of my pockets before getting within spitting distance of NJ with a firearm.
