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I also question the military enlistment but I know that it saved me. I was on the downhill road, drugs, bad friends, trouble seemed to follow me everywhere. My father told me that I would never amount to anything.
I couldn't hold a job and had no interest and wanted out of this small hick town so I joined the Navy.
That has been absolutly the best decision I ever made in my entire life. The military gave me the discipline I never had before. They also taught me to have some pride in myself and in my work.
I have no idea if he can even get into todays military but he might get a lot more out of it than anyone imagines. The trick would be to get him to try. I think that boot camp alone would help even if he didn't stay in.
My best wishes for you double! My parents pretty much gave up on me but I found my way home as, I hope, a much better person. Birds eventually have to fly alone even if their mother has to push them out of the nest.
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Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
Jesus Christ and the American G. I.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom
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