Time for a granddaughter

Delayed entry eh? Jan 15th is a good bit away so you get to spend a bit more time before ya have to box him up and ship him to his new address. He know yet if he is going to San Diego or South Carolina for boot? I think from WA he goes to SD, but ya never know what a Marine will consider logic :devilish:

As my husband was a DI (Army not Marines but imagine they are similar) I will propose 1 piece of advice for you to pass on should Pugs agree it is sound advice in the Corp as it was in the Army. "Just do what the DI's tell you , the way they tell you and when they tell you." He will need to memorize things but do not for any reason think about WHY or HOW he is told to do something. The DI just wants him to learn to do what he is told. Once out of boot camp and on to his specialty training then permanent station there is plenty of time to actually think about why or how to do the best job possible as a Marine. And contrary to my jokes I am sure the Marines value thinking just as much as any other service, but in basic/boot none of the services do. They just want to turn him from a civilian that always questions things to a Marine that follows orders, and smooth off those independant "bumps" so he will be a part of the unit. Pugs? Is that as true in the Marines as the Army?
 
Well put Shavru, Im sure he will go to SD for boot, and yes, keep your ears open mouth shut and eyes forward, you will never look them in the eye or they will tear ya up. It will be the hardest most rewarding thing you will ever do, that goes for the army as well. When you get there your head will spin but it all comes together in the end. My best advise I can give, is the same I live my life by NEVER QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. As long as you keep your head and remember its a game, after they dog you out they laugh about it in the back office. just dont give up. SEM... ohhh man I almost gave you one, must resist you have to earn it :D;)
 
Too true about the game aspect. My husband started as a Drill Corporal then went back as a Drill Sargeant years later. He says the Cpl is a lot of fun because you don't have any reponsibility, You are just there to dog them unmercifully. The Sargeant on the other hand has to temper that with the responsibility of helping them grow and get through the course and actually become, in this case, a Marine. As a Drill Cpl he says his favorite words were "half-left face..." ;)
 
He'll struggle a bit but he'll do fine. I on the other hand would never make it. I don't like being told what to do, I question authority always and some steroid gulping ape gets in my face I'd crawl right down his throat. Off to the brig for me right after he/she pounds me into the ground. I feel like a tent stake already.

I pray it's not true because the things you mention about just following orders (ironically a lot like the office here, I'm asked to do stuff all the time that don't make a lick of sense, my supervisors are idiots) they need to learn that, that's how a force works. When you have a good leader calling the plays it goes well, when you have leaders like I have here you might as well start embroidering the white flag.
Anyhow what he heard was in the Army each recruit is issued a little card like a credit card and if they feel the DI is too hard on them they can flash that card and the DI is required to back off. How girlyman is that? I know it's much softer now than in the old days but still plenty tough especially to our young generation who have had it pretty easy but a little leave me alone card can't possibly be true.

Guess we'll find out soon enough. Originally he was told no more would go in until May so January bumped things up quite a bit. If he does for whatever reason end up having to go to South Carolina he'll be lucky it's January and not August.
 
I am thankful we have men and women able to do it, as I could never, like bawanna says; same with many professions-- I am thankful for animal vets because I cant stand to see my critters in pain, same for doctors and nurses; I could never do those jobs, the emotion is too much for me.

I appreciate everyone in emergency services, the armed forces, the public school system and the social services system, as all these jobs are beyond my emotional capability to deal with. I am happy being a merchant, buying and selling, it is much much easier than all of the jobs mentioned above, and takes almost no emotional toll.
 
I probably should clarify. I wanted to go in, as I've mentioned I tried joining them all. Bad hearing, color blind, just didn't let me in the gate. I totally respect "good authority". I despise bad......

I'd go now it they'd let me, I'd be fine if I got past basic.
 
there is only one circumstance that would ever qualify in my mind as worthy of taking up arms, and that would be a direct invasion of the homeland.

to clarify I mean; I was qualified, almost joined, decided not too, still would never join for any reason-
- my best friend from high school did join, went army and became and MP, did two tours in iraq( I am pretty sure) and is now a public school teacher after being a LEO in missouri for a while. He is absolutely the only man outside of my family I call brother. A great man in every sense of the word.

so not quite like bawanna, but I do have great respect for the military and all other socialized organizations in the USA. very very pleased to be in the USA.
 
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Hmm, I don't have any folks I know that are still in or I would ask about the card, but I seriously doubt it, I know they haven't been allowed to physically intimidate in quite a while (1960s I believe, but a chest bump is not considered against rules and I have seen full sized guys knocked on their asses by a chest bump) and since the 1980s they have officially been supposed to not swear (though if you report one for doing so expect the CO you report it to to treat you as if YOU are the problem, the DI will be disciplined but you will never see it and it will be MUCH worse for you all around) The whole thing about being a DI, is the intimidation is, and has to be, balanced enough that you can turn the recruit into a soldier, it is a very well thought out balance though and not likely to be messed with quite as much as that white card would imply. Your average Senior Drill is a unique individual who is a combination of things. One of which is a pretty apt psychologist. They have to be in order to be able to prepare that many different personalities to become a single unit, to be able to determine if someone really never will be able to be a good soldier or if they are just whining because it is hard and they don't want to do that. I said the Cpls didn't have any resposibility they just loved dropping the recruits for pushups. BUT, that serves a purpose too. You have to be in good enough physical fitness AND know everything they throw at you to pass the crucible. So even if everyone is so squared away there isn't anything to harrass them about the DIs will manufacture excuses to drop whole units or in the case of Marines to send them to the quarter-deck because without doing that at least 60% of the new recruits would wash out from failing the physical portion of the tests. Speaking of the physical testing. Tell him to start doing PT every day NOW! He wants to avoid what ever the Marines call the physical conditioning unit. Those are the folks that don't pass the intial fitness test and need remedial work on their exersize. However, basic training/boot camp are not just miserable, they are made that way on purpose. They are very defined activities that actually force you to grow into a very specialized part of a unit. They also do need to weed out the people who will "break" leaving their unit either with a missing piece or worse someone that has gone actively berserk and is likely to get himself and his unit killed.

From what I understand from my Marine friends (remember I mentioned I do have a couple that are able to ignore my Army/Marine bias) the E,G&A ceremony after the crucible is a pretty emotional thing that basically re-affirms everything you have spent the last 10 weeks going through has been worth it. It really signifies the recruit is as Pugs would say a devil pup no longer but a Devil Dog from that point forth not the "end" of boot. The last 2 weeks are sort of a readjustment to being a Marine, instead of a recruit. And that is when you start to think again, just don't think too much or you might piss off the DI even though by now he seems ALMOST human. :D
 
He'll have no issue with the physical part. He went to school to be a personal trainer, goes to the gym twice a day and is hard as a rock.

He's not big or bulked up so he should hopefully fly under the radar. He's already well trained in respect having been raised at home by his mother and not left at a day care center day in and day out.

I think he'll do fine.
 
I am sure he will Bawanna, I never met a kid yet that had any of the serious sorts of problems going through boot when they were brought up proper. And I figure you (AND Mrs B) would have taken care of dealing with that so wasn't worried about HIM adjusting LoL. I was giving you the info so YOU could adjust ;) Sounds like it is good to go though so back to the tiny one. When we gonna see some more pictures of the Grand One? Maybe somthing of her looking cute in that bassinet thingy you made for her?
 
She was just here at the office a few minutes ago for show and tell. I noticed she has the prettiest extremely blue eyes, never noticed that before, guess her eyes haven't been open that much. She was having a happy day today, all smiles and looking around. A little pass around pack.

Guess they were out looking at horses for grandma and found one so guess I'll be fueling another hay burner probably soon.
Haven't heard how much it's gonna cost me this time..........................whoa is me.....
 
LoL, a horse still aint going to get you out of being her favorite transportation though. ;)

As a person who doesn't have any kids but have a lot of nieces and nephews, I feel like when they are in that happy day mood there is just something infectious about it. It just makes your day seem a little bit better, seeing them like that.
 
Granddaughter is already a month old last week.

Here visiting so I let her check out the Hasiya. Needs to work on her grip and kept wanting to poke herself in the eye or suck on it???





We'll continue to work it.
 
soon she'll be poking YOU in the eye. keep them safety glasses on. nice hasiya. good to see you are not making here into a sheeple.
 
I see a future shark in our midst. You are going to make her an HI shark through osmosis. She is very cute Bawanna buddy, and I can tell you are proud as a peacock holding her.
 
I only wear them spectacles so I look more deboner. And to see stuff like her drop dead gorgeous blue eyes.

There are no sheeple in my family, not a one. And I being the proverbial sheep dog, I intend to keep it that way for sure.

A future shark perhaps. You know I'll do my part to nourish that agenda.
 
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I only wear them spectacles so I look more deboner. And to see stuff like her drop dead gorgeous blue eyes.

There are no sheeple in my family, not a one. And I being the proverbial sheep dog, I intend to keep it that way for sure.

A future shark perhaps. You know I'll do my part to nourish that agenda.
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I am glad you know and understand the "sheepdog" mentality. I am a sheep dog too, the world needs men like us out there Bawanna and Kronckew. The sheeple of the world are far to ignorant on just about every subject, they are willing to trade their rights for a false sense of security of which they deserve neither. Nutnfancy made the term famous but I considered myself a sheepdog long before his videos. I always hear the same phase from many many people and it goes something like this... "I'm coming to your house if the crap ever hits the fan". These are the same people that wont buy firearms to defend themselves and depend on my sheepdog mentality to protect them. Im glad there is another big dog on the porch besides me.
 
Yeah my employer strives to make me into a sheep but they are not having good results. City policy and all.

I have a tendency to ignore rules that effect my sheep dog status.

I have people ask me what kind of survival stuff to stock up on. I tell them ammo period. When they say they aren't into guns I tell them to make sure they stock up on stuff other folks like cause they will come and take it.
 
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"I'm coming to your house if the crap ever hits the fan".
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I have had many people say that to me, I just smile, and tell them, don't bother, because unless you're immediate family, then you're just like everyone else, a possible threat to me and my family, and I will act accordingly.
 
Even me Cul? Do we need to consider formal adoption? Oh wait your in CA. You better come my way, lots less craziness. I'd leave now.
 
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