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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.

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"JimH" ask wrote in message
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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.


Make that Parris Island. Sorry to disrespect the name.

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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.

Congrats to him.

I'd like to hope the situation in Iraq improves and stabilizes or even
gets resolved before he's eligible to be deployed.

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"Chuck Gould" 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.

Congrats to him.

I'd like to hope the situation in Iraq improves and stabilizes or even
gets resolved before he's eligible to be deployed.



Thank you Chuck.

We will be getting a first hand report on the *actual* conditions there well
before he is slated for deployment to Iraq as 2 of our best friends sons (US
Marines) are soon scheduled for redeployment to Iraq.

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"JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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Congrats to him.

I'd like to hope the situation in Iraq improves and stabilizes or even
gets resolved before he's eligible to be deployed.


Thank you Chuck.

We will be getting a first hand report on the *actual* conditions there
well before he is slated for deployment to Iraq as 2 of our best friends
sons (US Marines) are soon scheduled for redeployment to Iraq.



Ironic. Your son is starting his duty. Mine, (Eisboch Jr.) was just
discharged yesterday after 4 years and two deployments to the Persian Gulf.

Life goes on.

Eisboch

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"RCE" wrote in message
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"JimH" ask wrote in message
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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.


Make that Parris Island. Sorry to disrespect the name.


Best wishes for your son. Although tough, the physical aspect of basic
training is not the big challenge. The challenge is mental. Make sure
he is prepared for it.

Eisboch


Thanks! Based on weekly meetings with his recruiter, family meetings with
the local US Marine Corp. recruit families and Staff Sergeants, reading a
training guide for Marine boot camp and watching numerous videos offered to
him by his recruiter and friends of ours (who's sons successfully went
through boot camp) he will be ready.

He has given a lot of thought into this and started the mental process even
before he officially signed the papers.

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"RCE" wrote in message
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"JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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Congrats to him.

I'd like to hope the situation in Iraq improves and stabilizes or even
gets resolved before he's eligible to be deployed.


Thank you Chuck.

We will be getting a first hand report on the *actual* conditions there
well before he is slated for deployment to Iraq as 2 of our best friends
sons (US Marines) are soon scheduled for redeployment to Iraq.



Ironic. Your son is starting his duty. Mine, (Eisboch Jr.) was just
discharged yesterday after 4 years and two deployments to the Persian
Gulf.

Life goes on.

Eisboch

Did your son ever mention which of the list of vaporous invasion reasons he
clung to in order to remain sane in Iraq?

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"RCE" wrote in message
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"JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...


Congrats to him.

I'd like to hope the situation in Iraq improves and stabilizes or even
gets resolved before he's eligible to be deployed.


Thank you Chuck.

We will be getting a first hand report on the *actual* conditions there
well before he is slated for deployment to Iraq as 2 of our best friends
sons (US Marines) are soon scheduled for redeployment to Iraq.



Ironic. Your son is starting his duty. Mine, (Eisboch Jr.) was just
discharged yesterday after 4 years and two deployments to the Persian
Gulf.

Life goes on.

Eisboch


Please pass along my sincere thanks to him for his service to our Country
and his successful return. You and your wilfe/family have to be proud of
his service and thankful he is now out of harms way. ;-)

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Did your son ever mention which of the list of vaporous invasion reasons
he clung to in order to remain sane in Iraq?


Although humorous at times, you are basically a clueless idiot.

Eisbcoh