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On Wed, 31 May 2006 12:15:32 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> Obviously you've not seen some of the recruiting campaigns. > It is all too true........ I spent 10 years in the Air Force and currently run a mailing list of present and former military members, more than a few of whom have served in either Afghanistan or Iraq. My father retired from the Army and my brother served for 10 years and made it into Kuwait during Desert Storm. My own daughter is in JROTC in high school and will be going to Fort Jackson this August for Army basic training. She made this decision after giving *serious* thought to going to a service academy, thought which included a visit and tour to the US Military Academy at West Point, a tour arranged by the Honorable Michael Montelongo who, at the time, was the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller. Mr. Montelongo was also a graduate of West Point and invited us for a visit at the Pentagon. The meeting with him lasted just over an hour and included Pat Walker Locke, one of the 2 first black women to graduate from West Point. Mrs. Walker was so impressed with my daughter that she invited her to a brunch she was having the next day. At that brunch was Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, the 1st black First Captain at West Point. BG Brooks was also the spokesman for CENTCOM during the Iraqi invasion: <http://www.udel.edu/global/community/brooksbio.html> My daughter has some *amazing* opportunities opened up for her and she's *choosing* to enlist. Yes, I've seen the recruiting campaigns. -- -Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail dot fm |
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