proudofmyboy
5-Year Member
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- Sep 5, 2015
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Sorry I don't tap dance around issues like this..Call me conservative.. Lahey has a profile, based on other posts that could easily ID his package. He is setting himself up for a problem. I'm trying to keep his thinking and preparation straight. As adults, I hope that we can send clear messages to these young folks so that they are mentally, physically and morally prepared to serve. That is our job as adults. Teenagers do stupid things, we did too. However, voicing it on social media has an impact that will last forever. Look at the candidates fighting for appointments on this forum. Now think about all those out there, that we have no knowledge of. It is a competitive group..You need to be darn near perfect today for a SA appointment. It is a tremendous amount of stress for these kids, I don't know how they do it. Once you set you sights on a SA path to serving your country, you need to adjust everything you think and do in order to accomplish that goal. Sometimes silence is golden..Dude you have issues...I wonder if a SA is really for you..You seem to be an attention seeker...Not keeping with qualities of a Military Officer..
Yes because every teenager that enters the glorious, shiny, bastion that is the AFA knows what it means to keep with the qualities of a Military Officer and no one at the AFA EVER does stupid things, ever.
It's not like the kid is asking if they should do drugs to be popular. And I think some of us have forgotten some of the pressures we felt at the same age. The whole stone throwing analogy comes to mind.
Lahey you are getting some great advice as well and I'll only add you know the POTENTIAL consequences of your decision whichever you chose. You have to chose which one you can live with. We can all tell you what we would chose but the point is at the end of the day it's you that has to make the choice.