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telling my son goodbye today

calamitywood
Well I will be taking my 18 year old son to the local recruiting office today. He leaves for Fort Benning tommorrow. He wants to be deployed to Iraq as soon as he is out of school (A.I.T.). I have always been supportive of the war. I guess we'll see how I hold up now that my son is going over there. I'm proud of him but I wish he would have went to college instead.
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  • GUNFUNCO
    I thank you both.

    I'll pray for his safe return.
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  • texaswildman
    CW - i did exactly the same thing you are doing - 6 years ago. Hard, but proud, day. Harder yet to watch them pack their gear, saddle up and head to the sand box. My son saw me watching him pack and told me he would be okay and not to worry - yeah, right. Then he told me, "Dad, I am a soldier, this is what we do, and it is my turn."

    Mine has gone and come back and is currently training other soldiers in Korea with another tour soon. My nephew just arrived in the sand box Saturday.

    I hope you can make his graduation from boot camp at Benning. You won't regret doing whatever it takes to get there. They did have a web sight that you could follow along with his companies progress. Tell him thanks and i will remember him also.
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  • David Nunn
    I waited until after the bus pulled away to cry.
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  • oldemagics
    congrats to the both of you!
    to your son for haveing the gumption to serve his country whil his buddies probably lay at home playing video games waiting for mom and dad to fork over some cash...
    and especially to you for obviously instilling some great values to your son!
    SALUTE!!
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  • hotshoot
    godspeed

    gev'n h3ll
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  • Rack Ops
    God Bless him
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  • Ba Sardo
    Calamity,

    Prayers and well-wishes for your son.
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  • GUNFUNCO
    Nunn-

    You're a better man than me. I got tears in my eyes when I took my kid to the first day of kindergarten.
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  • sarge_3ad
    Just want to tell you all how very grateful I am for your son and you. You folks are real American heros for standing up for our way of life. Best wishes to you, your son, and the rest of your family and God Bless.
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  • tr fox
    Sounds like a good young man who came from a good family.
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  • 11BravoCrunchie
    One more soon-to-be Infantryman. Never let him forget that he is the tip of the spear.
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  • David Nunn
    There are only two kinds of soldier.
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  • 180A
    Benning is a tough post, but a great place to learn how to be a soldier, become Airborne or Ranger qualified.

    I wish your son the best in his military career, and also wish you the best. Thank him for serving, and thank you for supporting him.
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  • ripley16
    I thank him for volunteering and I thank you for raising a son willing to stand up and be counted. Your whole family can be proud.
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