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Originally Posted by tpter1  Thanks, John! I have a former student down there right now...he's in F company. Probably going through about the same thing; he started his basic in July.
Some of those kids look sooooo young... |
Yeah tell me about it Glenn.....
I look at these young men and then I make the mistake of looking in a mirror and it ocours to me S*** I'm getting old! I have gray hairs etc... Lines on the face...
It's something when you realize that your twice there age!
I am most grateful for their service to our great nation. I sleep real well at night knowing that 30,000 Soldiers are at Ft. Benning just 5 miles south of my house. Nothing like a little Armor to put you in the comfort zone eh?
They are something to watch too. Every now and again my wife, children and I will go on base and watch these guys and gals jump out of airplanes and towers and everything else. Such enthuiasm! I pity anyone who becomes an enemy of the state!