My son just drove off with the Army recuiter ... ask me anything!

[Texacon]

The boy you held on to as they learned to walk is now gone, now he is a man.  Life is amazing. [22]

I hope to someday be half the man my son is becoming.

KC

[Gina]

12 N.  Horizontal Contruction Engineer.

He is going to learn how to run bulldozers, dumptrucks, cranes, earth movers, minor repairs to the equipment, etc ...

Very marketable skill when he ETS's.

KC

I was a Seabee (Eng Aid) and that is what I do now.  Very marketable stuff he is doing there!

[Texacon]

What happens if he does the unthinkable and makes it a career? Stranger things have happened, yunno......

Heh.  Funny you should mention that.  He is 18 right now so keep that in mind whilst I pass along his plans;

He intends to do his 4 and get some college under his belt while he serves.  He wants to ETS then go to our local university and get his bachelors degree then go back in as an officer to retire.

If he does that he'll do well.  If he doesn't ... he'll still do well!  He's my kid after all.

 

KC

[Texacon]

I was a Seabee (Eng Aid) and that is what I do now.  Very marketable stuff he is doing there!

I think he's going to love it.  I was infantry and it was quite the battle to keep him from making the same mistake I did.  Don't get me wrong, there is NOTHING wrong with the infantry but not many folks will hire you when you get out.  You just don't have any marketable skills to the working world.

KC

[Eupher]

Heh.  Funny you should mention that.  He is 18 right now so keep that in mind whilst I pass along his plans;

He intends to do his 4 and get some college under his belt while he serves.  He wants to ETS then go to our local university and get his bachelors degree then go back in as an officer to retire.

If he does that he'll do well.  If he doesn't ... he'll still do well!  He's my kid after all.

 

KC

Looks like a plan!  (Though he needn't get out in order to finish school -- hell, I did mine while on active duty. It was tough, but it can be done.)

[Texacon]

Looks like a plan!  (Though he needn't get out in order to finish school -- hell, I did mine while on active duty. It was tough, but it can be done.)

Yeah, that's what his recruiter was telling him.  I don't know if he has the 'push' to get it all done while active.  I hope he does but we'll see.  He's his own man now.

He's a little disappointed at present.  The Army has him all messed up down there in Houston so he didn't get to fly out today.  He finished his paperwork at 12:05 and turned it in and the guy behind the counter said "Ok, we'll get you gone tomorrow" he said "I'm supposed to leave TODAY" and the guy said "The bus left at 12:00."

 

I told him to get over it.  It's the Army way and if he lets that get him down he is in for a LONG 12 weeks of basic.

KC

[Eupher]

Yeah, that's what his recruiter was telling him.  I don't know if he has the 'push' to get it all done while active.  I hope he does but we'll see.  He's his own man now.

He's a little disappointed at present.  The Army has him all messed up down there in Houston so he didn't get to fly out today.  He finished his paperwork at 12:05 and turned it in and the guy behind the counter said "Ok, we'll get you gone tomorrow" he said "I'm supposed to leave TODAY" and the guy said "The bus left at 12:00."

 

I told him to get over it.  It's the Army way and if he lets that get him down he is in for a LONG 12 weeks of basic.

KC

It's gratifying to see that "hurry up and wait" hasn't changed much in the 17 years it's been since I retired. 

[Texacon]

It's gratifying to see that "hurry up and wait" hasn't changed much in the 17 years it's been since I retired. 

Yeah, when he called me to tell me his 'woes' I LOL'd.

The system was down this morning so he couldn't do his final paperwork until it got too late.  One of the guys actually made it out.

He isn't minding too much, there was this good lookin' thang he met at MEPS a few months ago that has a departure date of tomorrow.  Guess who he's seeing at the hotel tonight.

 

KC

[Eupher]

Yeah, when he called me to tell me his 'woes' I LOL'd.

The system was down this morning so he couldn't do his final paperwork until it got too late.  One of the guys actually made it out.

He isn't minding too much, there was this good lookin' thang he met at MEPS a few months ago that has a departure date of tomorrow.  Guess who he's seeing at the hotel tonight.

 

KC

I suppose this is where that "special place in his wallet" has significance, right?