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Everybody Loves Raymond wrote:
Girl Raised in the South wrote:
Everybody Loves Raymond wrote:
Look, the military, God Bless Everyone, attracts a certain crowd. They don't take AP science. They don't go on missions. They sleep thru HS. And many times they do like the vagabond style because they see the world without having to pay to see it.
Well, my son is in the Army National Guard. In about a month or so, he will commission as an officer. Earlier this month, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. Before college, he served a mission. Before that, he took several AP classes in high school.
Serving in the military has been his dream since he was a little boy. At the end of this month, he will be going to South America to participate in an intelligence-gathering mission (don't know where he'll be or what he'll be doing). All his friends in the military are there of their own choice. They don't want to leave their families and be in harm's way. However, this is what they do. As the mother of a military man, of course I don't want him to leave us, especially his wife and baby. Of course I don't want him hurt or killed. Of course I wish all the troops in Iraq could come home, especially before my son has to go there. However, I will support my son wholeheartedly, and I will continue to vigorously pray for an end to our presence in Iraq.
Your son is an officer. He HAD to go to college to be an officer. I am talking about the 90% of the Army that VOLUNTEERS right out of HS that couldn't spell AP let alone take the courses. Look, I am glad your son VOLUNTEERED but don't use your son as the one exception to the rule. These troops, Lord Bless Them, are volunteering to fight the Muslims that would enslave us. They are patriots, but I am a patriot too even though I DECIDED that getting up at 5:00 a.m. everyday and getting yelled at by some sergeant with an IQ of 78 was not my cup of hot chocolate. And to do that for 20 years so I can get a 50% pension that is peanuts to begine with. That doesn't make me a bad person that I didn't want to be in some organization that promotes people due to touchy feely Dem do-gooder affirmative action crap that gets people like Powell, Sanchez and Shenseki (now all critics of the war) made into generals.
No thanks, I will make my way on my own and pay my taxes and salute those who fight the Muslims overseas. Thats doing my part.
My son is NOT the exception. He wanted to enlist after his mission, but went on to college to please me. He has plenty of friends who are non-commissioned. My son was actually thinking of refusing his commission so he could be with more of his friends, who are in Iraq now.
I must have missed something in the previous posts. . .I don't remember any of us calling you unpatriotic because you're not in the military. My son and I are very grateful for all those who support the military in any positive manner.
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