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Serenity now! |
My 19 year old daughter enlisted in the National Guard (ROTC) today. She goes to Ft. Jackson this summer for basic training. My daughter is really excited, but my wife and I are nervous. Very nervous, actually. Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | ||
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Age Quod Agis |
Congratulations to all of you. And please thank her for volunteering. That is a testament to her character. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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Rule #1: Use enough gun |
Congrats to you both! Going to my daughter's graduation from basic was one of the most moving experiences of my life. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. Luke 11:21 "Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush | |||
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| Be not wise in thine own eyes  |
How does the ROTC work? Is she scheduled to go to college after basic training? Going to basic I assume she joined as enlisted and not as an officer. “We’re in a situation where we have put together, and you guys did it for our administration…President Obama’s administration before this. We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics,” Pres. Select, Joe Biden “Let’s go, Brandon” Kelli Stavast, 2 Oct. 2021 | |||
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Don't Shop. Adopt. |
Congratulations! ______________________________________________ "Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever." - Karen Davison "Man can measure the values of his own soul in the look of the eyes of an animal he's helped" - Author Unkown | |||
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| I'd rather have luck than skill any day  |
I'd be nervous too if it was my daughter. Bet that's any normal parent's reaction. Given time, you'll get used to the idea. She'll be fine. Fort Jackson - summer basic training, uhm...she's gonna know she's not in Utah anymore... | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Cheers. She'll do great. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
Yep, they go to school during the school year and then do cadet stuff over the summers. They can also get slots for Airborne school. I think their cumulative exercise is still at Joint Base Lewis McChord and it's called LDAC. I know during OCS, we were enlisted. I assume a cadet is the same. Personally I think ROTC is the most balanced commissioning source out of USMA, ROTC and OCS. Most USMA graduates I've met are just weirdos. OCS are older, sometimes prior enlisted guys/gals and bitter. Out of all the officers I've met, I think ROTC grads are the most balanced. _____________ | |||
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| Freethinker |
Thank her, thank you. ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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Very nice, congrats to both and thank you. | |||
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Congratulations and thank her for her service for me. All the best Billy | |||
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Congrats, I did the ROTC route after 3 enlisted. Make sure she knows to take any schools she can get in the summer. They are much harder to get slots for after she’s commissioned. “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I'm sure she will do fine. Thank her (and you) for her decision to serve. I was AFROTC (4 years back in 1955-60) and it was a good decision for me. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Stand strong, be proud. She is doing what you trained her to do. Give her total support!! _________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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I was very proud when ours enlisted. Then I sat down and remembered what I went thru. I prayed a lot. A lot. It worked. | |||
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Too clever by half |
Tell her I am grateful for her service, and her parents. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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Ammoholic |
Be proud papa. Thank her from all of us. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Yokel |
Please thank her for her service. Congratulations Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it! - John Steinbeck | |||
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Itchy was taken |
Both of my boys went through Ft. Jackson. Congratulations! Be a proud dad. _________________ This space left intentionally blank. | |||
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goodheart |
A huge step forward for her, you raised her right! Yes, lots of worries but we have those for all our kids. _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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