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02-07-10, 05:07 PM #16
If I may - my son wanted 0861 badder ( hope you dont mind my grammar) than anything else - that was in April of 2009. I am SOO proud to say he is 0861 today - just joined his unit in Okinawa.
Proud Marine Mom of PFC (meritorious promo) Jimmy
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02-07-10, 10:22 PM #17
Thanks for keeping us updated. I enjoyed reading about your visit to the recruit office and I understand Mom completely. It's just a thing we do.
The 10th of this coming March will be two years since my son left for bootcamp and I've come to realize that he is in very good hands. I've also realize that the core values I worked so hard to teach him as a child have been strengthened now that he is a Marine. I know too that I said goodbye to a child the day he left for boot camp and embraced a man on Graduation.
I believe this process ... the letting go ... is a both a difficult but prideful one for a Mom. I would think that it is not that different for a Dad.
Keep us updated!
The very best to you all.
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02-07-10, 10:43 PM #18
Gunny, you're absolutely correct; I was a "guaranteed recon" guy, (all I really wanted was 0311) so I asked "what happens if I dont make the cut"?, "well, you'll be a regular grunt then", 6 months later.... Im in Camp Lejune attending school for logistics. It has never once mattered, I AM a Marine!!! And when I went to Iraq, guess what, I went out with the grunts... Wierd how things work.
Good job in being supportive for your son, keep it up. He'll will need/thank/appriceiate, you it later for it.
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02-08-10, 12:10 AM #19
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