Exodus Family
• Dec. 21, 2006 - He Called, He Called, Bryan Called
and he talked VERY fast LOL
He was at a bus station in Dallas. He is taking the bus home not a plane.
He sounded great! Which surprised me. He is running, hiking, has already been gassed, was thrown off a 40ft wall and then repelled down, spent 5 days out in the cold, slept with his rifle...
He has NOT gotten my letter yet.
He says it took a bit to get with the program, but he is and says he is doing very well.
One thing he still cannot do is a pull up.. his strength has always been his legs, but he said he can do LOTS of pushups... but he HAS to be able to do a pull up to get Rangers....
He says this is a "kinder and gentler boot camp" than they say it was even 20 yrs ago... he said it really is not that hard and he *worries* about softness and readiness of troops the way it is...
He also said boot camp is CO-ED!!!! And he thinks that is WRONG! I agree.
I asked can you say that? And he said only if no one hears me! LOL
It was wonderful to hear from him and hear him so UP.
I was just talking about him yesterday with my mom... and how good he was with Jordyn... I told her I really thought when Bryan came here HE wanted to be here and make it work... and that if other things had not been as they were... it might have been different. Sooo I CAN truly see him exceling in the military where he can truly focus and there is lots of structure.
What he did NOT tell me that he told Harold is depending on how things go... he might be deployed right after medical training to Iraq.
Not sure if he means if he does not do well enough to make Rangers or ??
I do understand though you join the military and they promise certain things.... do not count on it. That just is how it is. I knew Iraq was a strong possibility when he went in. As a mom... I just want my son well trained before he goes over. If not having done Ranger school first, then at least infantry training.
I just had to share how wonderful he sounded and how good it was to hear from him. He did say he'd try to call this weekend again. |
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• Dec. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Vikki