Quote Originally Posted by KiltedKnight
I'm sure that you're very proud of your son, all of them. My sons never showed any interest in enlisting though I served 21 years in the Army. I retired in January of 91, just before the first action in Iraq. I served in Viet Nam and Grenada so you know that I was wishing extra hard that I could have been attached to a battle group in Iraq but they said that I was 'too old' as well. The service is a great place for a young man. Good on him.
I have LOTS of respect for anyone who has retired from the military, not only for their service, but because of all the BS they had to put with over the years (I still work for the Army, so I know what goes on).;-)

I got to thinking the other day that if I had stayed in the Army, I could have retired this last October, instead of having to wait another 11 years.:-(