Jcc123 Congratulations to your son as well! Amazing achievements. Sounds like the Army will be well led. DS is HS senior with AROTC scholarship and we can only be optimistic he will be able to work to obtain success your son has had. All the best!
So, after 4 eventful years, DS commissions in the morning. He accomplished just about everything he wanted to while in ROTC, including an amazing CULP trip to the South Pacific, graduating from CDQC, successfully competing in Ranger Challenge, Sandhurst, Best Ranger, Mountain Man, and US Army Small Bore National Championships, 2 different CTLT trips, George C Marshall ...the list goes on. The opportunities presented by AROTC are endless and well worth the time and effort.
I believe he's leaving his school's program better than he found it, but like most things in life, it's now time to move on. He got his first choice of AD Infantry, and got his orders today for Hawaii.
Thanks to this forum for the five or so years of information, assistance, entertainment and humor. It's been a great resource. Most of all, best of luck to all of your sons and daughters, whenever they are in the process. I'll still be around - it's a hard habit to break.
Congratulations to you and your son. He put a lot into AROTC and got a lot out of it.
I hope you get to enjoy some time with him before he reports to Ft. Benning for IBOLC.
Congrats to your son. I think they are free a lot of weekends. The infantry museum is amazing so go and see that. Has he figured out where he is staying? Did he get a car? You need one at Benning. Best Wishes.We've got a bit of time to spend with him, and luckily Benning is only a 6 hour drive from home. I don't imagine he'll have a lot of free time, but at least we'll get to see him some before he moves 4,500 miles away!
DS commissioned Friday and graduated Saturday. Not sure how it was in the Capitol city kinnem, but it rained all weekend on the coast, The cadets didn't get wet for the parade but parents did awaiting it to start. Oh yea he said he had to walk sideways on one side to keep his bar from falling off that his Mom pinned on. And this was with practice His sister did a better job on the other side.
Haha! Yeah, my wife had troubles with the pin too. So sorry you were experiencing a rainy day. I was concerned it would get to us too. We were lucky. Congrats to your son and the rest of the family.DS commissioned Friday and graduated Saturday. Not sure how it was in the Capitol city kinnem, but it rained all weekend on the coast, The cadets didn't get wet for the parade but parents did awaiting it to start. Oh yea he said he had to walk sideways on one side to keep his bar from falling off that his Mom pinned on. And this was with practice His sister did a better job on the other side.
Bull leave the light on for him