"Bill" wrote in message
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On Jul 2, 2:37 pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
August 13, 2007. One day before our 25th Wedding Anniversary our son
leaves
for Paris Island. He is slotted for Military Police training after
completing basic training and *earning* his right to officially call
himself
a Marine. He originally planned delayed entry in mid September but the
MP
opportunity came up if he went in earlier.

Even before his decision to join the Marines he has been concentrating on
his physical condition, recently completing a community event 5 mile race
and finishing in 2nd place.

He will continue with the physical preparation but will now start to
mentally focus on the fact that he will be leaving for Paris Island in 6
weeks.

We are very proud of him and his decision to join the Marine Corps.

Tell him Sempre Fi for me. It's really an amazing thing to do and a
difficult choice but a wiser man than me once said that anything in
life worth having doesn't come easy. Your son is going to know what
those words mean real soon. I've never met him but I'm proud.

Bill


Thank you Bill.

I will be printing this entire thread for him to read prior to him leaving.

On the behalf of my son, thanks for all the support!