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.
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?
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.)
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........
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.
oh bee ess
I was a Major and I sure would have picked mine up.
Nuts to that. Mama’s baby comes first or theres something wrong with her.
Glad you’re not in my unit. I’m a field grade officer with 19 years. When my unit returned from Iraq after 15 months all the families bum rushed our formation, and it was awesome. Lighten up Francis. This wasn’t funeral detail. It was a formation for families in a gym.
Gimme a friggin' break. I've been in a couple of those ceremonies myself, and I can guarantee you nobody felt disrespected.
Contrary to popular belief around here, Soldiers aren't warrior-monks nor are they robots. Her little boy wanted to say "hello" to his mother, and you'd have her turn him away. Nice.
Lighten up, Francis.