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Letter Enclosures...
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Letter Enclosures...
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"The Queen" Mom of "The Turkey"
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- I'm an Army brat and a Navy veteran. I served eight years around Desert Storm. My husband is retired Navy. When my one and only son stated at 13 that he wanted to join the Navy (Special Forces) we were not surprised, but doubtful. I imagine it's much like your child stating they want to be the President or an astronaut. "That's nice dear." we said out loud but secretly had our doubts he would stick to any commitment. To our amazement, he proved true to his goal over the next five years, training himself in everything he could to prepare himself. He excelled in the martial arts and when all his high school classmates were getting their drivers liscenses, he was running to school every day with his overloaded backpack (you know the one ladies, full of 50 pounds of books, ipod, cd's etc.) and ankle weights. Everyone, including his classmates all thought he was a bit tetched in the head and then finally graduation was here. He came to his father and I with the paperwork to sign because he was only 17 and what choice did I really have? To hold him back til he was 18 and resented me for it? I signed them believing the recruiter who told us we would have him for the summer at least. Being ex military, I should have known better because he left less than 2 weeks later. My baby, my only child, into the military in the worst political climate I could have imagined. I cried every day and then boot camp was over and off he went onto the next phase of his training. He called not long ago, still getting through yet another phase of his training and thanked his father and I for raising him so well, sounding so mature, admitting we were right about so many things I'm still gobsmacked with shock. "Who is this?" I said, "and what have you done with my son?" while wiping away tears of pride. I'm still waiting for the aliens to return my turkey. He didn't make it through training for the special forces. Physically able the instructors said, mentally... maybe bit off too much, too young. He's ok with that. He's an Aviation Rescue Swimmer now. Think Ashton Kutcher in The Guardian, with hopes of going back in a few years to BUDS. I'm so proud of him and the choices he has made and the Navy for completing the job of making him the young man he has become. Like so many proud military moms...wish the military would slap some of those recruiters around tho. Ever hear the term "full disclosure". Some of the turkeys friends joined the military as well and ohhh the horror stories of promises made. Some of these recruiters should be ashamed of themselves. My sailor is on his way tho.
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- From my experience with the Navy, the most important thing I learned was:
- How to create my own MySpace page to communicate more frequently with the turkey.
My son.
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Don't forget me cause I need you...
Posted on November 3, 2008 at 2:59am — 2 Comments
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Dropping by to say hello, and to see the progress of the Turkey. My Beast is waiting to class up.
At any rate, I did not come by to complain...I love reading your stuff, you are a very good writer.Have a great night
Wow, sounds like your son "Turkey" is perhaps the third generation military in your family! Congratulations and thank you all for your service to our great country. Feel free to drop by my page when you can, Sherry
We had the same conversation about not getting bullied into something he would hate. He spent about 3 weeks thinking about his options, and went in on his own and said what he wanted to do. I know he will like his choice, and it sounds like he will get some transferable skills too.
I enjoyed your page and reading about "The Turkey". My son will soon be moving to Fl for rescue swimmer. His dad and I are excited that he got such a good rate after dropping from BUD's.
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