Posted on 09/18/2014 1:58:28 PM PDT by Kartographer
A 3-year-old Minnesota boy couldn't wait to be reunited with his military mom in this video that's gone viral.
(Excerpt) Read more at krdo.com ...
It is so true they also service those that stand and wait.
Mom should NOT have picked him up. PERIOD. She disrespected her fellow serviceman and the code of conduct. BAD lesson for the child, too.
Not quite sure how she was supposed to ignore her offspring.
I would not have regarded it as disrespect no matter my rank.
It’s a good thing he wasn’t a dog, otherwise law enforcement would have fired on him.
I will TOP your “the mom should NOT have picked him up”
With
MOM shouldn’t have put her son in that position.
I may be older than 2 kinds of dirt, but my mother - a Registered Nurse - was turned down by the Air Force because I was 16 and my sister was 14 with FAMILY ‘standing by’ to take us in.
And she was NOT over age for the program she was applying for.
Also, the day I turned 16 Allstate (Sears?) cancelled her auto insurance.
When I went in the Navy at 17 she was unable to get it back.
Oh, give me a break. It was a welcome home ceremony, for crying out loud. No one was at attention, parade rest, or any other thing.
So which do you hate more, motherhood or childhood?
She should’ve put her hands on his shoulders and turned him around and told him sternly but lovingly in his ear he had to go back and wait until mommy is allowed to leave. Simple as that. This would’ve given the kid a good lesson in patience and ABIDING BY RULES, too.
I was unmarried during my hitch so I don’t know first hand what spouses and kids endure as part of a military family.But it’s gotta be particularly tough on kids.
For heaven’s sake, he is only 3 years old! Of course, I as stodgy old conservative, don’t think mothers of young children belong in the military anyway. (Just send us peri-menopausal Moms instead; we’ll make the enemy good and sorry they every messed with the good old USA.)
Neither belong in the military, as we see here.
Moms of young kids don’t belong in the military. A country that separates young children from their mothers on military deployments while able-bodied young men sit home and watch ESPN is not a serious country.
As a returning veteran, I disagree...
And the “code of conduct” [sic] has nothing to do with this event...
http://www.vetshome.com/military_code_of_conduct.htm
The love and bond between Mom/Dad and child trumps everything. That was a very special scene and totally correct.
Just stop.
That’s as civil as I can be right now. I’ve been a part of those ceremonies and it’s torture.
The love of your life is standing *right there* and you’re not allowed to reach for them or to touch them. Good commanders kept the ceremony short, but the long ones are hell.
You have no idea what it’s like to be separated from everything that you hold dear for a year, then to stand still - waiting for permission - to touch your world.
That little boy needed his mama and she, after being away from him and traveling half way across the world - needed her little boy.
The army isn’t composed of monsters. I can promise you that nobody there cared that they broke protocol for a little boy who needed his mom.
Well then, that certainly begs the question what is the protocol, the code of conduct and how did that disrespect her fellow servicemen?
With that being said, what is your own experience with such military ceremonies and would YOU have felt "disrespected"?
Last but not least, what is the proper disciplinary penalty for such actions? Article 15?........
I suspect you're just blowing air thru your ass in an effort to engage an argument........
I see a mother and child reunion and no one there objecting.
We’ve got some full-time dads in our FRG that support their wives while they serve and they’re fantastic parents. As long as the kid has one full-time parent, they’re alright. Dads do great.
Come on, really?
I have the greatest respect for the military and their families. I have a great respect for the traditions of the military.
These types of ceremonies are horrible on the families and troops.
Give the kid a pass. Give the woman a pass.
The child is not a “toddler” ... too old. And someone, a dad, a nanny, let the child go to run to mommy. Bad.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.