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

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You’re heart breaks? You should be beaming with pride!! What a great calling in life!

Come on, read your bible, it’s full of people leaving their families to do important missions. Yeah you’ll miss him but my goodness you should be proud of him.
 
Pray for him daily. May God bless him. I thank him for wanting to be of military service to his country.
 
Edward_H said:
Having seen the responsibility the Marines routinely give to Cpls and Sgts on deployments I would argue it more strongly the other way.

To keep these guys stretched is the challenge.

I’ll hire any day a 21 year old corporal who has the organizational and leadership ability to take a plussed up rifle squad (20-25 Marines, Corpsmen and interpreters) on a 4 hour patrol between and through 2 Iraqi villages DAILY, dealing with IEDs, fire fights, angry Imans, corrupt mayors, tired Marines, etc.

I’d hire them all day long for all kinds of “project oriented work”.

The problem is not overwhelming them but understretching them.
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I would think after dealing with all of that on a daily basis any job or task in civilian life would seem very hum-drum.
 
Spyridon said:
It’s not a scare tactic, it’s simply enlightenment unto the truth.

It’s not pretty. It’s painful, and even brutal at times.

My first night in basic I fell asleep to the sounds of grown men crying themselves to sleep.
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Powerful story. Character limit.
 
momof2angells said:
He doesn’t have a plan, he’s just hoping it opens doors to success. Thanks for sharing.
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All the branches offer doors to success, but since we are talking Marines here I have a couple of examples.

The first was a Marine Corporal of nearly 50 years ago, but is now a respected physician.

The other was also a corporal who entered the Corps as a 17 year old high school dropout and is now a full professor as a major university. She credits her hitch in the USMC as teaching her how to set a goal and follow it to completion.

Do not worry about hunger he will eat and eat well, but what he will not be able to do is raid the refrigerator in between meals. Besides he is a teen and when is any young teen male not hungry. 😁

Yes at times he will be cold as well as hot, covered in sweat, dirt , grime and stink. Those are all temporary conditions and he will clean up really well and will outshine everyone in his dress blues. When you see him in his dress blues Momof2 you are going to bust with pride mark my words.

I say this to you not as a Marine myself, but as a Navy Corpsman that had the honor of serving along side of them. If I could take 50 years off my age I’d do it again too.

Now to all you USAF and Army vets I have all the respect in the world for you , but I will tease you without mercy and I expect the same in return. All in good fun though.

FYI my dad was a gunner in B 17s with the Mighty 8th during WW II and we’d tease each other.
 
I am terribly proud of him, very much so and ive just told him not 5 minutes ago. And yes, my heart hurts very much too.
 
Hi, I am a veteran, and I had similar feelings when my younger brother joined the military (before me.) I felt differently when I saw him after his training. The military makes men out of boys. They will make sure he is capable of handling any adversity that may come his way while he is serving. There will also be a chaplain and Mass available for him. Most people don’t have what it takes to be a U.S. Marine. You can be very proud of your son. My family and friends sent me letters and packages which helped a lot. In boot camp, he will be allowed to have a Bible and a Rosary. Some people wear or keep a medal of a military saint as well, such as St. Michael or St. Joan of Arc.
 
What a wonderful post, thank you so much. I told him when things get rough think about graduation day and how great that will feel.
 
stupidisasstupiddoes said:
You’re heart breaks? You should be beaming with pride!! What a great calling in life!

Come on, read your bible, it’s full of people leaving their families to do important missions. Yeah you’ll miss him but my goodness you should be proud of him.
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Agreed.

And my heart breaks, when I hear someone say that their child is joining the military and they “just couldn’t talk him out of it.”

My goodness, we need people to join the military. It seems like a lot of people say they support the military but when it gets right down to it they think it’s a good choice for somebody else’s kid.
 
Spyridon said:
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Cruciferi:
Looking towards the future and ensuring you can get employment is the most important thing to consider! I chose college because I don’t like the way our government or military is being operated. However, someone seriously interested in joining MUST have a plan for afterwards. “Failing to plan is planning to fail".
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As my Vietnam Combat Vet and Marine/Army Veteran dad who encouraged me to join the USAF said “there aint no jobs in the civilian world for tank operator or infantryman!”
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Maybe there’s no direct civilian equivalent.

But civilian employers associate skills like that with confidence.

And not just confidence in yourself but in your other team members.
 
Realize these DIs are “receiving DI’s” and are picked because they have long fuses!
 
He asked me if I would and I told him I’d hurt someone if they tried to stop me lol. I’m the most nonviolent person, he knows and chuckled. But I meant it.
 
I was disturbed by this that my son might have been hungry. When I asked him, he said he never experienced hunger in fact he gained twenty pounds. He said no one he knew of was hungry that everyone had plenty to eat.
 
You will be worried, that’s part of being a parent…But you should also be very proud he is taking responsibility fot his future in a very positive way. The Marines is a very good service choice and will give him skills that will last a lifetime.
 
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