SHE SIGNED IT FOR YOU!?!? OMG!
Hubby went at 17, also.
I watched the DI's when we were down for graduation. Up close and personal. About a 3' from a platoon. I didn't realize I'd gotten so close. I wasn't that close when I started watching them, but apparently I just kept moving in : )
I also grilled the SDI after graduation, making him assure me he didn't skip a chapter. Man, they something else. Before he left, an old vet told my son to make sure he listened to every word that was spit in his face, those words could save his life. When I grilled the SDI, his response was, "No ma'am, I didn't skip anything, these men will be watching my back."
Was that, perchance, THE trip to Ribbon Creek?
"Was that, perchance, THE trip to Ribbon Creek?"
No, the infamous Ribbon Creek episode happened a bit later. Actually, wading through that creek wasn't all that bad --- except it was in the middle of the night and lord knows I needed my beauty sleep..