LFry94,
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. If you are not a wrestler, you should be because you have the heart and desire of what it takes to be a national champion in this great country. My kid too got the dreaded “TWE” today and he too took the news with great humbleness. Like wrestling champions do, he shook the hand of the opponent that just beat him, exited from the arena at full speed, cried his eyes out in the tunnel then came back 20 minutes later inside and said “Pop, I’m taking the AF ROTC offer and I’m not looking back.” I just about fell out of my chair. It was a punch in the mouth and he got knocked down, but he got back up, wiped off the blood from his lips, then moved forward with his plan of commissioning as an Air Force officer. He’s gonna rebound just like you no matter what happens after this point. You are a champion and I’ve enjoyed reading your posts and love your motivation.
My kid’s stats;
3.7 GPA
JROTC commendation medal for valor
JROTC battalion XO
100 + hrs volunteer service
4x nominations
3x NHS
4x JROTC member
3x national qualifier (wrestling)
2x greco-roman state champion (wrestling)
1x freestyle state champion (wrestling)
2x HS state qualifier (wrestling)
1x HS state medalist (wrestling)
2x HS varsity captain (wrestling)
4x HS varsity (wrestling)
CFA maxed
Flieger83,
Thank you sir for keeping it real. Your words were true to the “T.” If the US Air Force Academy has just one person that declines this year’s appointment offers, please give it to LFry94. He’s earned it. He truly understands the meaning of adversity and I know he can back it up.
YorkieMom75,
I was hoping to save my one and only post on this message board with “good news” that my kid was gonna be an AFA Falcon but it wasn’t meant to be. “2016USAFA” said some inappropriate things to you and as others have stated, his true character has come out and it appears he is not only non-AFA material but maybe should rethink our military way of life.
Congrats to the AFA class of 2016, you’ve earned it !
Respectfully,
This ole Army guy.
"Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy." Dan Gable, Waterloo, Iowa, 1972 Olympic gold medal wrestling champion.”