Posted on 04/15/2006 2:06:04 PM PDT by LittleJohnnyEdwards
You may remember a few months back around Novemeber, I was going to join the Marines. I finally told my parents and they freaked but they comprmised. I talked to both the Marines and Army I felt the Army gave me the best opportunity to serve my country in the way I want.I joined the Delay Entry Program in which I was able to move up a rank before going to boot camp. I'll be a signal support specialist, I leave two weeks after my graduation for boot camp. I look forward to serving in Iraq or Afghanistan that's why I joined. For me I couldn't sit back and agree with a war, and have other people fight for our country. After four years of service I plan on going to Texas State university and earn a Sports Marketing degree. If I still feel our country still needs men like me, i'll go in as officer.
Good luck young troop. I assume that you are going to Ft. Gordon for signal school. Where are you going to boot camp?
Thanks, and all the best to you.
South Carolina Fort Jackson
Good luck & God Bless !
Thanks, in advance, for your service. I look forward to hearing how it all goes for you!
God Bless and Good Luck to You!
God Bless Ya Man!
Hooah!
Thank you for your service.
South Carolina in the summer should be fun ;)
Just kidding....LOL.
Keep us posted. Some pictures maybe?
God speed and good luck.
I don't see much of what's little in you, Mr. Edwards. Thank you for your upcoming service to the nation.
Ahhh summer in the Carolina's...
It should be lovely.
You honor us with your Service.
You honor us with your Service.
congrats! The Army is the mother of Services.
The Army birthed the Navy during the Revolution. The Navy had to create a Revolutionary War history, so commandeered the deeds of Privateer/legal pirate J.P. Jones.
The Marine corps (shores of Tripoli and all that) was part of the Army until 11 July 1834. The young lieutenant who took Tripoli was a US Army officer.
Chuck Yeager was a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps before he was a test pilot for the Air Force. The Air Force traces its history back to the Army Signal Corps. Army aviation traces its history back to the reconnassance balloons of Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War. The Air Force deploys to fight from foreign bases, but the first Army Aviation deployment was to Cuba in 1898.
Good luck, and look beyond the propaganda. I will buy you dinner if I ever meet you in uniform.
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