Excellent article! These 2 young men get it and I hope they are accepted by their respective academys.
It's kids like this that will keep America strong.
On a side note. I just found out that my cousin, who is 37 is re-enlisting in the military. He has been trying to be a minister for a few years, but the Presbyterian church will not ordain him because he is outspoken against the ordainment of gays.
So, he decided, he would rather serve God and country as a military chaplain, going in with the rank of Captain in the
Air Force.
I am soooooo proud!!!
Very few people reaching 40 with out serving in the military are half the person they could have been.
It doesn't take strength, an abundance of testosterone, or a lack of intelligence to suceed in the military. All it takes is self-discipline and the will to suceed, which just about anyone can produce if they give it enough tries. It's a shame that most people will never find that out.
I was one of those people once. "The military? Me? No way! I like to read and hate getting up early!" I didn't care much for getting yelled at, either. But it was the only way to pay for college, so in '93, I gritted my teeth and prepared to endure two years of pain (two year enlistments were in style back in the Drawdown Years of the early 90s).
Now here I am, nearly thirteen years later. I live in a house in Japan with my Japanese wife, and my handsome son is howling about something over in his play area. My Bachelor's is hanging on my wall, next to my Mount Fuji stick. I got cash in the bank and I'm thinking of buying a house when I get back to the States. None of this would have been possible without the Navy.
The ironic thing is that I have a friend in my hometown, living in a trailer and working a stream of menial, degrading jobs. He's thinking of going to college "sometime next year, when I get some money and motivation." When I first signed up, he was, "What are you, stupid? No way I'm going for that crap!" Now, he confesses he regrets not trying.
bttt