Army

Today my sister leaves for Basic Training. Sucks because we're really close and she can't call anyone for 9 weeks. After Basic is over the chances of her getting deployed to Iraq is quite high...probably 6 months from now is what they're thinking. I'm kinda nervous for her. She's never really done anything this big before on her own so... Plus she's going to miss my XC season and that really means a ton to me. She told me to keep her updated by sending her all of my newspaper clippings for the XC season.
~Is anyone else going through something kinda like this where a family member is in the army or over seas?

noo, i havent gone through that but thats gotta be tough! ill keep her in my prayers

thanks.

yeah, that really sucks. any particular reason why she joined the army?

My best wishes to you and your family.

alex-likes-running wrote:yeah, that really sucks. any particular reason why she joined the army?

Not quite sure. School wasn't going too well so I think she just felt like doing something else for a while and then would go back to it. Plus her boyfriend is in the Army too so he kinda had an influence in a way. She considered it when she was in High School but could never go through with it...now she's 21 and she decided to finally just join.

that's cool. hope she'll be alright.

during peace-time the army can actually be a pretty sweet gig(it pays for college, makes companies want to hire you, etc.), but this might not have been the best time to join....but depending on what she does it can be safe. for example, my grandpa was an electronics/radio guy for the Navy in the korean war and he never had to fight.

best wishes to her and your family! i'll keep her in my thoughts. :]

She'll be fine. Stay in touch will her. One of my team mates joined the Navy. Of course he can't do anything now because he is in school but once he gets out he can start training with them.

nice. Im joining the Navy soon after college.