A proud father reports on his son becoming a Marine

A few weeks ago our son(at USMC boot camp) qualified with his rifle at Pendleton. He qualified as an expert and put 9 out of 10 rounds into the black at 500 yards. I don’t know relatively how good this is compared to others but it sounds pretty good to me. He was able to call home but could only leave a message since we were out.

The following week, he had the gas chamber. It was NOT fun and several recruits tried to run. Our recruit said that the worst was the second time he had to break seal on his gasmask and he got a big whiff of the gas. One recruit had a BM in his pants!

On an 8 mile hike, the son had to take a leak real bad so, after holding it as long as he could, he whipped it out and let’r rip as he walked. An instructor noticed and came running over yelling what the hell he was doing. After our son told him the obvious, the instructor started laughing and told him that there was a head(Port-a-pot)a few yards away!

We received a short letter from our son after the crucible. He was just relieved it was over. Sounds like he enjoyed the “Warrior’s Breakfast” He said they even had cake to eat. Some guys ate so much it came back up and they just started eating again.

In the last letter, our son told us that he had caught pneumonia and the doctor did not want him to take the final swim test. The doc talked about holding him back but the son convinced him to let him continue. He passed the swim test and will graduate June 18th.

(Posted by Jeffe on CSP Gun Talk)

Memorial Day. This is appropriate a post as my previous Memorial Day post a bit down the page. The traditions of duty, honor and country aren’t just something that happened way back whenever. It carries on today, up to, and including men like Jeffe’s son. And for that, I am thankful…