Your Son/Daughter is Going Where?? Round 2

Humey said:
My view was that he was the bad guy because not only did he cover up the murder but his mindset that he couldnt be replaced because without him, there would be no one to protect our freedoms. Plus and maybe i am wrong, but the whole idea that the American way of life was in danger because of Cuba seems ludacrious to me. I realize the Soviets were Cuba's ally, but still
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Jack Nicholson is such a good actor that you have to like the character despite all this.
 
"Who the #?! is PFC William T. Santiago?"
 
Just finished watching "A Few Good Men" for the zillionth time. Still one of the best. Santiago is the dead guy! I tried out for that part, the part of General Lemarque in Les Mis and the opening scene in the Big Chill but didn't get any of them. Still working for that dead guy Oscar.
 
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The one we got we got from a distant relative...” So where does _ want to attend college?
Me: He has applied to and got accepted to ... and .... but he has his heart set on the USAFA.
Distant Relative: But he worked so hard in school and did all of those sports. Doesn’t he want a real college experience? Why would he want to waste it in the Air Force fueling up planes for those cocky pilots?
Me: Chuckling....He wants to be one of those cocky pilots.
Distant Relative: Oh Like Maverick in Top Gun??? He got all the hotties.
Me: No, more like his dad who served as a combat pilot in the USAF for 20+ years... remember him.... your nephew?
Distant Relative: Oh that’s what he wants to do?That was so cool when he flew that attack jet and we were so excited to see him at the air shows but Uncle Bob and I, we were sad to hear that he just quit the Air Force and that cool jet just to be an airline pilot. All that education just gone and now he’s just like a glorified bus driver.
Me: Eyes rollin’.... yep, just went and quit the Air Force and settled for being a bus driver...a “Glorified Bus Driver”. Yep, that’s the dream that my DS has too!!!
-BITE TONGUE OFF- 🤪
Argggghhhhh...
 
DS just had a phone call from New York State Health Services about contact tracing due to traveling he did.
The person on the phone had never heard of West Point or The United States Military Academy. It wasn’t listed as a university in their database under either name.
The person was confused about him being in college or in the military. Wasn’t sure which one to put down as if she put “student” USMA wasn’t a choice.
 
UHBlackhawk said:
DS just had a phone call from New York State Health Services about contact tracing due to traveling he did.
The person on the phone had never heard of West Point or The United States Military Academy. It wasn’t listed as a university in their database under either name.
The person was confused about him being in college or in the military. Wasn’t sure which one to put down as if she put “student” USMA wasn’t a choice.
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My reply to whoever it was calling would have been:
“You’re coming in broken and distorted (stupid) must be bad comms” then hung up the phone
 
Had a female friend of the family come into NYC to take care of her 92 y/o Mom who still lives in the housing project (One of the rougher ones, historically.) our friend grew up in. She was getting all kinds of nasty texts from the NYC Sheriff's office about staying put & we'll come visit you & you'd better be there, etc. I told her to text back "If you want to come inside XX Projects & check up on me...come on in...I advise not coming alone. Needless to say, she wasn't visited.😇
 
Devil Doc said:
He was a good man. One of the few good men.

Or was he?
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Following up on the A Few Good Men conversation, I remember watching that movie with my father (Marine Corps Officer) and he couldn't stand the Tom Cruise character and he loved the performance by Jack Nicholson - because he loved Jack Nicholson. However, I also remember him commenting that no matter how good an officer does his or her job, they are never above rebuke or criticism from the people they serve - sacrifice is never an excuse for abuse of power.
 
Our daughter told few that she had even applied to USNA. Even after she got her appointment, she didn't say anything to other than immediate family. So you can imagine their surprise...

One of her HS coaches (after she had gotten her appointment) told her that she wouldn't ever amount to much. He wasn't the one that wrote her letter of recommendation.

Others commented on her size and that for that reason she wouldn't make it, failing to take into consideration her high school sports (ice hockey and rugby). They wondered about the "low" standards of the USNA. Probably should explain that she had to get a waiver because she was that underweight.

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when she showed up wearing a USNA T-shirt for college selection day at her high school. That was only matched by the announcement at her graduation. Her school is known for service and part of their graduation ceremony honors those that have chosen the military. They announced those young men that had enlisted in USMC (3), followed by the young men that were going AF ROTC (2) and then they announced her appointment. There was a collective gasp and then a lot of whispers.

Then there are her grandparents. One served in the Korean War in the Army and the other in the Vietnam War. Both proudly announce where she attends, and the first questions go back to how Navy is doing in football.
 
ETM said:
Both proudly announce where she attends, and the first questions go back to how Navy is doing in football.
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We won! We are the current holder of the Commander in Chief Trophy, so we are doing well.*

* Last year the trophy has an asterisk because Covid.
 
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A1Janitor said:
The one I have gotten several times:

Them: where does your son go to college?

Me: USNA

Them: I didn’t apply but West Point offered me an appointment. I enlisted instead.

Me: Nice
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I am a female and I cannot begin to tell you how many times men have something along those same lines when they find out I’m a veteran. It’s like I emasculated them by serving and they didn’t.
 
ETM said:
Our daughter told few that she had even applied to USNA. Even after she got her appointment, she didn't say anything to other than immediate family. So you can imagine their surprise...

One of her HS coaches (after she had gotten her appointment) told her that she wouldn't ever amount to much. He wasn't the one that wrote her letter of recommendation.

Others commented on her size and that for that reason she wouldn't make it, failing to take into consideration her high school sports (ice hockey and rugby). They wondered about the "low" standards of the USNA. Probably should explain that she had to get a waiver because she was that underweight.

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when she showed up wearing a USNA T-shirt for college selection day at her high school. That was only matched by the announcement at her graduation. Her school is known for service and part of their graduation ceremony honors those that have chosen the military. They announced those young men that had enlisted in USMC (3), followed by the young men that were going AF ROTC (2) and then they announced her appointment. There was a collective gasp and then a lot of whispers.

Then there are her grandparents. One served in the Korean War in the Army and the other in the Vietnam War. Both proudly announce where she attends, and the first questions go back to how Navy is doing in football.
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Now she gets to attend a great institution where she will develop into a fine and established leader. To those who questioned her and the "low standards" of USNA, I would love to see them last one hour at sea trials....
 
FormerCTR said:
I am a female and I cannot begin to tell you how many times men have something along those same lines when they find out I’m a veteran. It’s like I emasculated them by serving and they didn’t.
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And lots of them "Would have served except that I know I would have ended up punching a Sergeant the first time they got in my face."
 
A bit of a unique perspective to add to this. When I accepted my Falcon Foundation offer last April, I explained to my high school friends that I would be going to a prep school for a year then (hopefully, still waiting for appointments to come out) the AFA for the four years after that. Lots of my friends were happy for me, even though most had no idea what any of it meant.

Then my friend who joined ROTC at his chosen college chimes in. "Bro why don't you just go to a regular college and do ROTC so you can have fun partying and drinking on the weekends. You're going to be miserable at the academy, wasting the best years if your life." That one always make me chuckle. He is a good guy, just has never been away from home.

(Just to be clear, I am not trying to bash on ROTC with this post, I just wanted to provide context on the person saying this nonsense. I have other friends that are ROTC Mids/Cadets that are going to be amazing officers in the near future. I'm sure this friend will be too, he just has a big mouth at times lol)
 
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