My Son Just Shipped out Yesterday

After nearly a year in the delayed entry program, my 20 year old son Josh finally shipped out.

I was counting the days hoping that he would not decide to forgo his enlistment. I managed to get him a job a while back & he was working 60 hrs a week & bringing home a lot of $$$. (for a 20 year old) @ that time, he was "high on the hog" & was not sure he wanted to go to the Navy. I knew it was a dead end job, but you know how it is when you are 20 & have $$$ in your pocket.

Well, god works in mysterious ways & a few months back, corporate decided that nobody working there would get 40 hrs a week let alone 60. Josh got a reality check.

I am so relieved that he is now on a track to learn a trade that will benefit him all his life.

Him joining the Navy was my suggestion when he came home over a year ago W/the idea of enlisting in the Army under the "buddy system". I talked to him about how the Navy would be the armed service that would give him the best chance of learning a real marketable trade while serving his country. I also suggested that the Navy would probably be the best way of seeing the world beyond what he knows of it.

Bear in mind that I am an Army vet. lol