My son told us this morning he's joining the Marines

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Also, my husband would like to know if there is anything he should be asking of the recruiters, like if my son scores high or anything really. The recruiter is texting my son.
 
No, it depends on his MOS. Depending on where you live, he may go to Parris Island, but his MOS will determine where he goes to school after that, and where he will be stationed after that. No telling with that. And even if they say at school “we are 98% sure you are going to NC,” don’t believe it. Trust me. 😏
 
I love this post. That’s my Joe as well. NO drinking. People in the US assume that every Irishman is a falling down drunk. NO. In fact, his uncle was a big deal in the Guinness company and could of gotten him a job there, but he didn’t want to live in Dublin.

My other thought, is that people need to ease up on this woman.
Perhaps just a prayer offered would be better. I’m starting to think that although comic relief in some respects, this thread may have made her feel worse. DS’s enlistment is a worthy thing, and we in the US applaud his bravery and honor.
Let’s leave the pissing contest. 😉 God bless all enlisted and veterans.
 
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Just make sure your husband is there and reads everything before your son signs anything.
 
Thank you Xantippe,

Unfortunately, even though my son has been baptised, communion and confirmed he hadn’t gone to Holy Mass in a while. His faith is there but the conversation I had with him yesterday was more like please know they will have Mass available Sundays and I asked him to go once a month, he asked me not to promise anything so I just asked him to go as often as he could.

I planted the seed that Mass is there and I intuitively felt that was all I could push for at the moment.

Wonderful idea, thank you.
 
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Nope, Vietnam troops coming home to injustice is slowly happening all over again.
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One of those injustices was having to put up with stupid movies like Rambo. Not only is that thing highly inaccurate in its’ portrayal of Vietnam veterans, but it stinks as entertainment. 👎👎👎
 
Well, he will go during boot camp. He has the opportunity, and he will probably go. My son did. He also reads his bible every day. He even asked for a small one for Christmas that year.
 
Looks generally right, although he’ll learn his MOS before he actually goes to his permanent duty station. His permanent duty station is where he’ll spend most of his enlistment, actually doing whatever job he was trained for.
 
Thank you, I read MOS’s are usually one month. Perhaps I misread or is this typical of training time? He’s looking into aviation or I forget, I think engineering. THey must train fast!

Lastly, is the permanent duty station for the 4 years in the same place or do they travel like he stated he was interested in doing?
 
Irishmom, do they make them go? Oh my gosh that would be great in my view, but on his own accord I don’t know that they would go.
 
As a person who knows, I am making a pledge that when he returns, she vow to help him carry on. This is so he does not become subject to anti-Veteran rhetoric and discrimination which I know exists.
 
I’m sorry you had a rough experience, but I don’t think it’s typical in this day and age. People generally go overboard trying to help vets, not discriminate against them. And please don’t try to pass off Hollywood action movies as a realistic depiction of the military, particularly to a mother who is adjusting to this.
 
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Unfortunately, even though my son has been baptised, communion and confirmed he hadn’t gone to Holy Mass in a while. His faith is there but the conversation I had with him yesterday was more like please know they will have Mass available Sundays and I asked him to go once a month, he asked me not to promise anything so I just asked him to go as often as he could.

I planted the seed that Mass is there and I intuitively felt that was all I could push for at the moment.
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That’s fine. It’s more of a “hey, the water is over there!” thing than a lead-the-horse-to-water thing.

A couple more ideas:
  1. Get him into a personal finance course (for example Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University) right now. Like other young people, young people in the military often have trouble with money management. They also may have courses available during his service (my brother taught one), but if it were me, I’d strike while he’s living under my roof and make sure he gets the training NOW before he does anything dumb.
  2. Talk to him (briefly) about things he can do in his free time after he leaves home. Of course, it’s going to vary a lot from place to place how much free time he has and what the opportunities are, but boredom and having a lot of time to kill is going to be a big problem in a lot of places. Make sure he thinks about inexpensive, wholesome ways to have fun. I wouldn’t phrase it exactly like that, but help him think about pursuing his interests in the military: sports, classes, Meet Up, etc.
 
One day you will meet with your Guardian Angel who will explain who I am. Until that day, pray for our troops.
 
…ok? 🤔 hope you’ve got things straightened out in your life and if you need help, you’re receiving it.
 
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And if he has interests now (if he is a Magic the Gathering player or if he is a photographer or if he plays golf) he will find that there are groups of folks with the same interests to fill the down time.

YES YES YES to money management. Folks come out of the military one of two ways. Either with not a cent to their name or with a very nice savings. My son’s BFF bought a used truck and socked the rest of his money away. When he wanted to fly home for leave, he had the $$ to do it, but even better when he got out he was able to spend almost 2 years traveling the world on his savings.
 
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Thank you very much for this. I will look into the Dave Ramsey program and have that talk. Oh boy, I hate to think he has money and time on his hands, he doesn’t really have a hobby.
 
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