The erstwhile Cadet passed NCO School yesterday and spun down I35 from Ft. Hood to visit, tell war stories and celebrate his victory. And celebrate we did, well done boy, you came out in the top 30% of the class of which, curiously, around 30% failed, some 100 people.
"Why did they fail?" I asked, "Because they were fat and stupid." It's an issue, apparently. Regardless, we had fun and the dog had fun too, discovering a play towel and a plastic Walmart play bin. What fun. But what goes up must come down and the soldier successfully lay recumbent for much of today.
Not me, off to a men's breakfast at Mission #2 by the lake this morning, what great guys, then Walmart, Tractor Supply Company, and afterwards installing a kindly donated toolbox on the rig in the heat of the blazing sun.
I tell you, sweat was splashing down upon the bed of the truck like rain on the Sahara as I wrangled with the aluminium thing. Such is the coming Ice Age, sorry, Climate Change, that utterly settled science. Don't say Covid and experimental, mandated mRNA jabs.
Regardless, there you have it. Good work on the NCO deal, kid.
Arduus Ad Solem,
LSP
10 comments:
Congratulations to the NCO!
I missed the post about the dog, but good to see one in your home again.
The new toolbox looks good!
You all be safe, especially in the heat, and God bless!
I had no doubts that Corporal Heidt would blast through NCO school like a hot knife through butter.
You know...you could have waited for a couple of hours to install the shiny new tool box...like a kid at Christmas, I swear.
How things change in the Army. Circa 1960's, the idea of an NCO Academy would have elected a, "Huh?" Good on him for his success.
My late son, the Medic, was told he couldn't go to the NCO Academy because of the brace/boot he wore supporting his left ankle. His response, "WTF, that didn't stop me from doing a tour in Afghanistan".
Well done! My NCO Academy graduation certificate still hangs on the wall 50-odd years later and I'm betting his will too.
Thanks, Linda, he did well.
The dog's a big baby...
Right on, LL.
And, errr, yes.
I pray for your medic son, WSF. And what a good response, well done him.
That, Wild, is a good wager. Let's see if he moves on up for a Commission but hey, one thing at a swing.
Most excellent news, Parson! BZ to the new NCO, and to his parents, too.
Huh...."Fat and Stupid" The "Fat" we can work on, but stupid just is....
I'll pass that on, drjim.
Then there's the other issues. Part of the fat problem = semi-permanent fitness waivers, apparently. Apparently the NCOs are getting sick of it.
The other thing? Well, errr, tricky.
To be honest, I think most of these two classes don't/can't reenlist, unless they're trans. But the question is, how did they get in/pass basic?
Huh.
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