Well, 36 days til graduation from AIT (where he trains for his MOS...combat medic). He has done all the really hard stuff....classroom learning and has started the field training. I think he is having fun. Saw a pic of one of the "dummies" that they worked on. The guy had a head wound, two black eyes and a smile. Why would the dummy have a smile? He passed his NREMT first try!!!! That is the National Registry for Emergency Medical Technicians.
He has also been selected for Airborne and after he has passed all the physicals for Airborne (apparently more stringent than regular Army), he will go to Airborne school after he graduates for Combat Medic.
I talked to him the other night and he has started to save for retirement. I almost fell out on the floor when he told me that! You just don't know how many hours I have prayed for this child and that he would grow up. He was always doing stupid stuff without thinking. Really juvenile stunts. Now he is thinking about his future...not just saving but also what he wants to do in life.