I know this has ZERO to do with football but ole Shelby Lions heart is full... We finally got a letter from our boy Kane today.. He is Echo Company 1st Battalion 19th Infantry US Army... He shipped out June 17th but was in reception until last friday.... We found a video from his battalion on day one called the 1st 100 yards... Mrs. Lion and I wanted so bad to see our boy in this video and sure enough about 1 minute 3 seconds in there he is 2nd in line behind the DI screaming for his team to PULL in the tug of war...
In his letter he said, Excuse my language but this is the hardest S-word I have ever done but I love every minute of it...
I miss my boy so much but here is a pic from the video.... 2nd in line is Kane screaming..I am so proud of him... this right here is my HERO
Carry on folks...
Great! Tell him that, no matter what his NCO says, he is not to go off in search of any of the following: "Blinker fluid", "a box of grid squares", any length of "flight line", an "ID10T form", "chem light batteries", a bottle of "elbow grease" or "a left-handed monkey wrench".
Tell him that he absolutely does not need a new Dodge Viper and that that stripper actually isn't into him-EMPHASIZE THESE POINTS!
I don't know how long he's enlisted for, or what's in his contract, but there's a lot you can get out of the service. The problem is that you don't know how the system works when you first get in. If he wants cool adventures and high-speed training, he can probably get that, but he'll have to volunteer and be in top shape for most of it. If he has good leadership at his duty station, they'll explain how everything works and guide him along, but he should be curious and look into as many available options as possible. Uncle Sam is going to get his money's worth out of you, so get what you can out of him. Good luck to this young troop, it's going to suck a lot and when it's all over he's probably going to miss it every day.
