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[Falcon A]

For the parents of all those committing to serve . . . whether it be through an SA, ROTC, SMC, OTS/OCS, or straight enlistment . . . great article from a few years back:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...4d8-81ff-153ce778c24f/?utm_term=.5dbbcce1ca2b

 

[Capri120]

Great article. Wish more people could or would try to understand who it is that defends them and their rights.

 

[bookreader]

I think that this article fits here. It's from 2002, but still relevant. I think that many of us parents have had a similar experience of dealing with others who think that our kids are 'throwing their life away' by choosing a military path. (It's a very short article.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...4d8-81ff-153ce778c24f/?utm_term=.c286d607f5a6

 

[schpenny]

My friends know how hard I have worked through this application process, but have never really asked about it. Last week, a friend asked, "so after these four years of boot camp, will USMA pay for your education?"

and...since I had started my application junior year, many of my peers were confused when I showed up for the first day of senior year because they thought I had been "shipped off" already.

We live in small, rural western town and my son gets this from his friends constantly. He had been telling him about this crazy application process he was going through to "get into Navy." When he received a nomination to USMA and told his friends West Point, they were impressed, thinking all along he was having difficulty enlisting into the Navy.

 

[ctkttww]

The second paragraph in your original question is your answer...

"We are not from a military family, and in all honesty it has taken me a while to get used to the idea of him going into the military. But I have come to peace with it because I know this is a calling he has believed in for years."