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How old is your son? I hope he does not get sea sick!Well it's official. Our son Marcus was sworn into the U.S. Coast Guard this morning. He ships out for recruit training at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey on the 29th of August. His mother and I are very proud of him. This is something that he wanted and he's done it on his own without having to be poked and prodded by us.
Marcus is eighteen. He graduates from High School May 23. His older sister is a junior at Linfield College (private liberal arts college in McMinnville, Oregon. Same place where the air museum is that has Howard Hughes Spruce Goose). She is a driven overachiever who loves the academic life. Earning a B in a class can drive her into despondency. Marcus is intelligent and very capable, but he does not have her love for academics. He does well in those things that interest him. In that respect he has a lot of me in him. I was a similar type of student. So for him I believe this is a good choice. He doesn't feel ready for college and he wants to earn his own keep and see some of the world.How old is your son? I hope he does not get sea sick!
Good for him - I hope he learns a lot and enjoys his time - it will teach him discipline.
One by land...to protect.
One by sea....to protect.
What a family you are! Congrats to your boy.
The Coast Guard is responsible for the physical security of all U.S. controlled ports across the world. Therefore you will find U.S. Coast Guard personnel anywhere that a port is controlled by the United States. The USCG was in Iraq for example. But the bulk of the Coast Guard is located in the fifty states, Puerto Rico and Guam. I believe there are also Coast Guard personnel on Saipan and Tinian. Those islands have been U.S. territories since we took them from the Japanese in 1944 (at great loss of life to both sides), but if there are I bet those coast guard members fall under the Guam command. During wartime the Coast Guard goes to the Navy which has happened twice. During WWI and WWII.Congratulations! I always told my sister who has a son, if a draft happens, have him enlist in the Coast Guard. At least they stay in American waters. Right? They stay in American waters and the Navy does all the rest, right? May he be safe and love his job!
Well it's official. Our son Marcus was sworn into the U.S. Coast Guard this morning. He ships out for recruit training at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey on the 29th of August. His mother and I are very proud of him. This is something that he wanted and he's done it on his own without having to be poked and prodded by us.
...exactly....every Branch has it's specialties-but one is not better than the other...still, they like their bragging rights don't they?....I was in the Marines, the baddest and proudest of it (and rightfully so) of the Armed Forces.
I listened to my colleagues' arrogant riffs on other branches, to which I say....
Bovine feces.
You sign up to serve, and you serve. Some duty is easier, some is harder. Some is more hazardous, some is less so. One duty assignment in the Marines may well be a whole lot safer than a given assignment in the Coast Guard.
I thank your son for his service. As shoudl we all.
Oh yeah - you mean like the Air Force, right?...exactly....every Branch has it's specialties-but one is not better than the other...still, they like their bragging rights don't they?....
...exactly....every Branch has it's specialties-but one is not better than the other...still, they like their bragging rights don't they?....
....I can't repeat what my Army Vet son says about the Jarheads.....We were told in boot camp that the purpose of the Marines was to fight the enemy. The purpose of the Navy was to ship us there. The purpose of the Air Force was to fly us there. The purpose of the Army was to make the Marines look good.
Don't hate me. I'm just the messenger.
....I can't repeat what my Army Vet son says about the Jarheads.....
I read a book on the invasion of Fallujah,by an army sergeant..and he was a pretty good writer,and one thing he mentioned was his unit being in trouble,and getting bailed out by the marines,he said the marines fire superiority,that is rounds on target and overwhelming,was awesome..