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<blockquote data-quote="tinamarie1" data-source="post: 80739" data-attributes="member: 255"><p>My husband joined the Marines when he was fresh out of high school and we were dating. The first gulf war was going on then. husband is a carbon copy of difficult child, let me just say. People laughed at the fact that husband was going in, because he was such a slacker (even tho i loved him, hehe)and slacker is a nice term. The marines made him the man he is today that I adore. He is very disciplined and has loved the military his whole life, thats why he got out and went back in after getting his college degree. </p><p>I know that the war is scary, but that is all about to change dramatically. Troops are now coming home, not going over there. And especially once the presidency changes over, things will come to an end over there rather quickly. </p><p>Your difficult child has a few more things going on than my husband did, but still he was definitely a difficult child (his momma will attest to that). </p><p>Seeing the changes it made for husband, we have already decided that if difficult child wants to do it we will support him 100%. </p><p>It will be ok, like the others have said he has plently of time before they would actually take him off to boot camp. And if he does get in, they will be watching him very closely during boot camp and then training. He will have a full buddy system of friends in his unit that I am sure will support him, and his instructors will be aware if he is having problems. Trust me, if someone is "freaking out" ...they will let them leave, they don't want to force someone with mental issues to be in their unit much less be the one who may be the "protector" in a war situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tinamarie1, post: 80739, member: 255"] My husband joined the Marines when he was fresh out of high school and we were dating. The first gulf war was going on then. husband is a carbon copy of difficult child, let me just say. People laughed at the fact that husband was going in, because he was such a slacker (even tho i loved him, hehe)and slacker is a nice term. The marines made him the man he is today that I adore. He is very disciplined and has loved the military his whole life, thats why he got out and went back in after getting his college degree. I know that the war is scary, but that is all about to change dramatically. Troops are now coming home, not going over there. And especially once the presidency changes over, things will come to an end over there rather quickly. Your difficult child has a few more things going on than my husband did, but still he was definitely a difficult child (his momma will attest to that). Seeing the changes it made for husband, we have already decided that if difficult child wants to do it we will support him 100%. It will be ok, like the others have said he has plently of time before they would actually take him off to boot camp. And if he does get in, they will be watching him very closely during boot camp and then training. He will have a full buddy system of friends in his unit that I am sure will support him, and his instructors will be aware if he is having problems. Trust me, if someone is "freaking out" ...they will let them leave, they don't want to force someone with mental issues to be in their unit much less be the one who may be the "protector" in a war situation. [/QUOTE]
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