A BIG decision for a young Man
 

It's not fish related or Kayak related, but I think you will all appreciate something I am VERY proud of.

In this day and age of unrest in the world where we seem to be getting our hands into everything.

There are those who fight for our rights to fish, and they are appreciated.

My son has made a big decision in his life to fight for our freedom, and was sworn in yesterday to the Army!

Many in our family are prior military to include me (USMC OOORAH), and I know a lot of fishing folks here on BWE are either Prior or Active military, so needless to say we are proud of his decision .

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Thanks for sharing your patriotic pride!
And thank you young man for steppin' up!!!!

Proud Papa!

Beaming smile.

That's too cool. I have a brother in the Army who got a bronze Star in Afghan. Myself, I did 4 tours in Iraq and 1 in Afghan. I spent 9yrs in the Corps. Once again congrats on your son!

Congrats on raising one fine young man there Greg, the pride definitely shows
congrats to your son on all his accomplishments thus far, thanks to him and all that serve to protect our country...b

As a Marine how did you let this happen? Lol
best of luck to him.

sweet.
 

best wishes for your son. I appreciate his service.

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Sweet!

That's great! God bless your son and your family. It's a brave thing to enlist in the military, especially like you said with alot of unrest in the world....I know he will make his family and his country proud! :cheers1:

Tell your son :you_rock: for me! And by the way, :you_rock: for raising him to be such a selfless, upstanding, proud American!!!

Way to go! :you_rock:

Dan

Congrats, Greg.
 

He looks like a fine young individual. Mom looks over the moon, too. Two proud parents in that photo, no doubt! Well done.

Congrats and thank you!

AWESOME!

I was also in the Army... Great place to get a start in life...

Thanks for Serving :you_rock:

Congratulations, you and your wife look very proud of your son, and a big THANK YOU to everyone and their families who are presently serving or who have served in the past.
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Mike

Selfless act indeed, American pride. Thanks for sharing.

Enjoy the Memorial Holiday everyone, these are the people we are celebrating,
thank you one and all....b

HOOAH.....A special thank you - Not only to your son for his upcoming service to this great country, but to you as well (USMC), and to your wife for the sacrifice of having your child serve in a time of war. My son is a 1st Lt., and currently serving - 3rdID.

Ingrain it into his head now...............BEAT NAVY! (sorry pop's)

We only take the brightest!

Well Done!
 

Congratulations from ex Air Force. A great oppurtunity to learn more about the world too!
You must be very proud

God Bless your son and family. Thank You.

some recent events would have some say otherwise...:D

make sure you take his bootcamp, or basic training whatever they call it now, pic and embarrass him by making a huge sign and hang it on a lamp post on a main street like my family did.

so now when i go home myself and everyone else sees this...
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Thank you for volunteering, I was turned down due to a knee injury I had in high school. My dad served 20 years in the Navy, and I was about to join the Marines but the knee was not approved, thus I was not approved. Again thank you for your service.

ohrah! Its getting harder to get in to the military now these day. So at least we know the best is joining. God luck to him.

wow roger; it has been a short time since he graduated from West Point and for him to be a 1st Lt. you must be very proud too!!! :D

regor; congrats to you and your wife for raising such a good son

Well done. God bless!

Congratulations and thanks to your son for his service to our country.

That's awesome! Such a Noble thing to do.

Thank you for supporting our country

3rd tanks / 4th tanks M1A1 heavy's
USMC

Papa drew

Thank you for your service! Its all in good spirits :cheers1:....Participated and trained with USMC 2nd ANGLICO in the 80's....some of the best warriors, ever! SF & Recon get all the glory, but ANGLICO were some of the best trained Marines. Sure glad they were reactivated!

Had to laugh at the lamp post reference. My son said if I sent his picture to the city to hang on a light post he would never forgive me.

I couldn't join the USMC out of high school due to medical reasons. A couple years ago I talked to a recruiter about it again and they wouldn't accept me because of age even though I was 2 years under the recruit cap. I guess they vary criteria based on recruit statistics or something. Now I'm overage. :mad:

Congrats to your boy and proud parents,
and THANK YOU!!!!!!

Congrats! I'd be proud too. My dad is Navy and I married a Marine. I love any branch of our military. Stay safe buddy!

Graduation
 

My son made it through training, went through graduation, and left the same day for his first duty station in Texas @ Ft Hood.

We took a cruise out of Florida, then went up to Georgia for his Graduation, and now back in Florida. We leave tonight for our return flight to San Diego.

Been a hectic couple of weeks, saw our son for a few hours, and now he's out there on his own. Left home at 18, the Army turned him into a Soldier, turned 19 while in Basic training, and now ready to start his career and protect me and you. :)

Sweet. :luxhello:

Congrats proud papa.

Thank you very much to your son and you and mom

nice congrats to your son

:cheers1:Here's to your son and the proud parents. May God watch over him.