New Marine

My grandson has 4 more nights at home and the he is off to Paris Island for Marine Basic training. For 10 years he has talked and dreamed about becoming a Marine. He has been running 14 miles every day and doing 110 setups getting ready. They get the new recruits together 2 times a week prior to basic to harden them up. He is on a legal high right now. His dad (my son) says it has finally set in on him. He has raised him by himself for years ans now he has to cut the string. We are proud of our grandson and his choice and we will pray for him to be safe along with his fellow Marines. For those of us who were put in harms way we know what can happen. Keep our grandson in your prayers.

Will do. Give him our best wishes, tell him we're proud of him too.

Will do oldwun.....Tell him that there is lots and lots of folks that really appreciate what he is doing, myself being one of them.

I wish him the best and also really do appreciate it from one military guy to another.

The Hound

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awesome! Leaving home a boy and coming home a MAN!

Tell him thank you from my family....He will be in our prayers.

God Bless Him and I Thank him for Serving!!!!!!!!!!
Rowdy

Best post I've read all day. Wish him well, you deserve to be mighty proud.

Hey oldwun,

I'm guessing that your grandson has had a desire to serve our country because of certain role models in his life. After learning of your time and efforts as a volunteer helping out after storms here on the gulf coast, and your son raising his son by himself, I can assume that the young man has had some seriously good home training. You, your son, and your grandson are showing what is right with this world.

Thank you.

And thank your soon to be Marine grandson for me, for his service to our country. Prayers sent from Louisiana.

boatstall

oldwun

Give him my best he's in for some fun!!! My son has a week left in boot camp for the Army at Ft. Knox and then he'll stay there to learn how to drive tanks, he just can't figure why everyone is having so many problems adapting and I keep telling him cause you're a military brat you grew up around it.

Make sure to tell him NEVER VOLUNTEER!!!!! LOL

Fatman

From one Marine to another I am honored to offer him up in prayer. Fatman I'm sending prayers you way too. God bless and keep them all safe and bring them home soon.

I know you and your son are very proud of him. God bless him and all of our young men in the military.

We put my grandson on the bus at 4 PM. He will stay in Knoxville tonight and head to Paris Island tomorrow. Please pray for all our troops! i had a good conversation with Glenn Jr. I ask him is is ready for the Marines. He smiled and said grandpa are the Marines ready for me.

I'm really happy for him and for you. I am aware of what you are going through. I was in the army long ago and was in situations where some people were trying to do me bodily harm. Anyone who has been in those situations understands what it means to be 'concerned' (read scared s---less). But I was in my early 20's and 10 feet tall and bullet proof. You forget quickly then. I never really experienced total fear until my oldest son, who was a Marine sergeant, was in Desert Storm. Thank God it didn't last too long.

You have my prayers for all of you. Young people like him are the pride of this country.

Thanks. Im was a Ranger during the Korean War and things were different. Nowdays if you don't get shot at you cannot return fire. Thats not the way we did it. We did not have time to take names. God will watch over him!!