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Over the last six months, I have made my son visit all the branches of the military. I didn’t want to place any undue pressure in his decision making, so we visited all of them. Over the weekend, he made the announcement to join the Marines. Today, he and I signed the paperwork and he signed up in the delayed entry program. It all isn’t finalized, but he tentatively ships in June. Like my father before me, and his father before him, I signed on the dotted line, full well knowing of the challenges ahead of my only son. To say I am really proud right now is likely the understatement of 2020. Update- despite my attempting to edge him into an Intelligence contract, looks like he’s going recon.This message has been edited. Last edited by: jljones, | ||
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Semper Fi to your son! | |||
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Congratulations! I wish him the best. | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
Congrats! "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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| The Unknown Stuntman  |
Congrats to you both! | |||
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delicately calloused |
Thank you for raising such a man. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Congratulations to your Son for deciding to Serve his Country ! As a Vet I am very pleased that he cares to join the ranks . | |||
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| Leatherneck |
Semper Fi to you both! “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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| It's all part of the adventure... |
Congratulations on raising a responsible, patriotic son. I imagine it must be difficult to let him go as an only son, but you already know that freedom is worth protecting, and that requires willing and able American men and women to answer the call as he has selflessly chosen to do. Godspeed to him and to your family! Regards From Sunny Tucson, SigFan NRA Life - IDPA - USCCA - GOA - JPFO - ACLDN - SAF - AZCDL - ASA "Faith isn't believing that God can; it's knowing that He will." (From a sign on a church in Nicholasville, Kentucky) | |||
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| Not One of the Cool Kids  |
Congratulations to you both! | |||
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| Freethinker |
Yes, congratulations to you both! ► 6.4/93.6 | |||
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Congratulations to you and your son, JL. | |||
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| You don’t fix faith, River. It fixes you.  |
Congratulations to you both! I hope I will be as open and fair minded with my son when he starts his search. ---------------------------------- "If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.." - Thomas Sowell | |||
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Outstanding! "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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Semper Fi, JLJones. Just sit back and enjoy his tales of adventure. You’ve raised a fine, young man. My son ships out next June. He’s going Army, but has an Option 40 with RASP. Time will tell... ----------------- I apologize now... | |||
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My son just got out, and is now doing the exact job he did while in, at the base next door. | |||
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Congratulations! If only half the US fathers and sons were half as dedicated as you are, the world would be a better place. -c1steve | |||
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Festina Lente |
Awesome. I'm sure you are proud. I see it as trusting him to the Corps, but giving him to the United States. PS - I assume you are sending him off to Corps so he can finally receive some quality firearms training?  NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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Congratulations Dad! Thom "Tulta munille!" NRA Benefactor Life Member NRA Certified Instructor NRA Range Safety Officer SAF Life Member | |||
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Congratulations, Jerry! I can only imagine the pride you must feel...and much more beside. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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