Exodus Family

• Dec. 18, 2006 - Bryan in the Army

I am so behind on blogging and this is a bit old, but I really wanted it on here. Oct 19th. Bryan (20) called me and said I am joining the ARMY. **Now those of you who know us will understand...** I asked him "WHY the army?" "It was the only door that was unlocked" ( BTW - he meant this LITERALLY not figuratively...) _________________________________________________ His ASVAB score was 93 and his LOWEST line score was 119. (That is all very good!) _________________________________________________ Oct 25th. Bryan called again Well! OK then! He signed up for his field. He is going to be a Army Healthcare Specialist.... attached..... to..... Airborn Rangers. I said... "Bryan you are afraid of heights" He said.... "not anymore"  I said... "Bryan.... jumping out of airplanes???" He said... "you have a parachute"  He leaves for basic on Nov 14th. Basic is about 11 weeks. Ft Leonard Wood, MO Medical training is 16 weeks. Ft Sam Houston, TX Jump school or whatever is 2 weeks. FT Benning, GA Each is a few days over that.... his whole *training* will be 30 weeks. Then his first permanent duty station will be Ranger school at Ft Benning, GA. That is one yr. Since it is a *permanent duty station* Leona can be with him then. So they will apart 30 wks. His gets a very nice enlistment bonus. He is in for 6 yrs.... at least. As things stand right now - Bryan reported on Nov 14th in Flagstaff, AZ and was transported to Fort Leonard Wood in MO. His actual boot camp/basic training started on Nov 24th. I had never known before that there was a delay between report date and boot camp. I am learning lots. What REALLY surprised me is the army does "Christmas Exodus". They close down for Christmas and STRONGLY encourage the recruits to go home. So Dec 22nd Bryan will be flying home to AZ to spend Christmas with Leona and Jordyn. Honestly *I* do not think this is a good idea. *I* think this will make boot camp all the harder, but no one asked me LOL. I am very proud of Bryan and am praying for him to excel in the army.

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