You guard the front...
We got your back!
(Poohbah stands to attention; does not salute as he's in civvies, plus he's indoors and not covered)
Congratulations, sir!
Poohbah
Sergeant, USMC
1983-1991
congratulations! You have a right to be very proud!
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For...
..'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE...
...and YOUNG'
...for FREEDOM (Vietnam Photos)
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You guard the front...
We got your back!
Congratulations, SIR!!!
Congratulations to your whole family. Tell your son how proud of him we are.
Congrats to all. FSE, I don't envy you going through Ranger training in warm weather. The Florida phase is a b*tch in moderate weather, but it can be a killer in summer. Stay safe.
F.S.E. has been a FReeper almost as long as his dad here. If you don't think your little ol' Internet discussion forum has impacted his world view and, therefore, impacted his career decisions..........think again. Thanks, Jim.
Way to go, FSE. FReep mail comin' at ya, RightOnline.
Wow! Congratulations all around!
Congrats!
Following in the excellent tradition of my father, grandfathers, uncles and brothers-in-law, congratulations on your son's commission and all the other wonderful 'happenings.'
You must be so proud!
Congratulations ROL!
Opting for staff or field???
ROTC played a part, no? Great program!
Wanted to take a sec and thank ALL of you for your incredibly warm, heartfelt congratulations......and for getting our son's (and his wife's) new military career/life off to such a wonderful start.
Congratulations to you, your wife, and your son, the new "butter-bar"!! May God bless him and watch over him now and in his military career. I'll pass along one of my favorite poems to your son:
IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling
Best Wishes!
Congrats Sir/and Maam.
And thanks to his Mom and Dad for raising such a fine young man.
Some people will do anything for a dollar.
I was an honor graduate from IOBC in Class 1-76. Spent four years at Ft. Lewis, including one as a platoon leader in 2/60 (Mech) Infantry.
Congratulation to the three of you.
Did the silver dollar get passed during the pinning?
My nephew got his gold bars last year, pinned by his mother (AF Vet).
Nice traditions. Glad you could be a part of it ROL and ROLW.