Posted on 05/18/2004 9:19:19 AM PDT by RightOnline
Keep looking further in the thread........you'll see 'em. :)
An absolutely outstanding explanation of why the military works.
Did you at least get a haircut for this occasion, ya hippy?
Like the saying goes, you can't spell "lost" without "LT"!
Boy howdy. I've already run into quite a few. There's web discussion site for cadets and LTs (akin to a LTs' FR), and I practically got banned from it for refusing to self-flagellate over the Abu Ghraib situation. Even after the Nick Berg murder, my views were shouted down with empty keyboard commando threats. I was even called a rascist and a butcherer for being in the Infantry.
I just hope I meet more people like my fellow ROTC classmates in the officer corps, and not more people like those limp-wristed fags on that site...
LOL! I can't speak for my dad, but I got one four days prior to commissioning. I would've done it even closer to the event, but it costs around $14-$15 for a high-&-tight in Raleigh! I'm not making those big officer bucks yet! That's too freakin' expensive!
What a great day! How cool it is that you swore him in and mom got to do the first salute. Some of lifes greatest moments. I'm proud for all of you.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Stay Safe and stay loyal to your ideals Sir ! Or a bunch of us will come out of retirement and spank ya !.......:o)
Great Pics BTW.........ya'll Stay Safe !
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
Congratulations to you all!
I'm pretty sure you might have had a little to do with it too!
Congratulations!
Ummm......er........ummm..........no, and I wasn't exactly 35-10, but hey....we guitar players have an image to maintain, don't we???
Speaking as an ROTC alumnus from a past life, 2LT FSE has taken that first step. The next ones will be tougher, but as the poet said, "The finest sword is thrust into the fire a thousand times".
You're in for exciting times, LT. My only admonishment: Listen to us old NCO's. Down the line, you'll be glad you did.
Again, Well Done, to the Whole Family!
SARGE
Listen to us old NCO's. Down the line, you'll be glad you did.
NCOs are indeed, from all my previous experiences, the "Backbone of the Army." I fully intend to be a tag-along annoyance with my PSG so he can show me the ropes. Maybe he'll be flattered by all the attention...?
My ROTC class was training at an old EIB testing site on Ft. Bragg (Area J for those of you who know where it is) and I finished my five points in 50 minutes, the first one done (yes, they were all correct). Our LTC was out there, and he wanted me to give him a crash-course in map-reading and practical land nav. I couldn't believe how little he knew. His excuse was that he was a tanker, not a grunt, but I kept thinking, "What if your GPS had broken down?"
It was kind of scary, honestly...
And we certainly wouldn't want that, would we? :-)
Thanks, Squantos!
Ranger's Lead The Way!! outstanding!! All the Best to the RightOnline houshold. Tell "Mom's" I said Hi. Tell F.S.E. to "Keep his feet and Knees together" and turn into the wind! Jump school will be a blast!! Promise!! Ranger school will allow him to fine tune the snake eating skills...and fine tune a few others! (Evil grin).
Best of Luck!
FormerActionGuy
You stop that evil grinning right now!!!!
Oh, by the way, your screen name initials really don't fit you at all!!! ;-}
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