Joining the US Army's quite a process. It took my eldest son, the Recruit, four months and I have to hand it to the recruiters, they kept the boy engaged. Given the nature of the teen beast, things could easily have turned out differently.
But they didn't, and the kid shipped out to Fort Benning yesterday to be with the Army in Georgia; he left a very soldierly(!) sounding message last night, excited to be on his way. Of course he has the pleasure of looking forward to this:
Well you know what they say, character building, and in the long term so much better than sitting around playing Death Metal, awesome as that is. So well done Recruit, get through Basic and evolve up.
More on this exciting story as it unfolds.
Go Army,
LSP
