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What Traits Have You Learned in The Service That You Want to Instill in Your Children or Loved Ones? Login & Share to Win!
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Posted 4 y ago
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At his age, I’m working on appearance, getting dressed properly. The better you look, the better you are accepted by others. Reading is also important, and he’s doing well at that. At 3 there’s not a lot more to teach, I feel like my/our behavior is most important at this time, no PG-13 movies, Mass every week, that sort of thing.
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While these traits were taught at home (my father was a CSM) they were reinforced in the Army. They include but are not limited to:
Personal discipline/self-respect;
Honor;
Keeping mentally, physically, and spiritually fit;
An abhorrence for mediocrity;
Teamwork;
Respect for authority and others;
Taking responsibility;
Being accountable for your actions; and
Striving to better yourself, daily.
These traits I instilled in my children and they have served them well.
My son enlisted in the USMC prior to 9/11 and my daughter enlisted immediately after 9/11.
My son concluded his enlistment with the Corps and re-enlisted in the Army where he is presently stationed in Korea and number 20 on the current promotion list for Master Sergeant.
My daughter spent seven years in the Air Force and left as a Staff Sergeant.
She presently serves as a Training Officer for the Department of Corrections in S.C.
Both of them are great Americans of whom I am exceedingly proud as they are raising their children to embrace the same traits. (With a little help from dad, of course)
Personal discipline/self-respect;
Honor;
Keeping mentally, physically, and spiritually fit;
An abhorrence for mediocrity;
Teamwork;
Respect for authority and others;
Taking responsibility;
Being accountable for your actions; and
Striving to better yourself, daily.
These traits I instilled in my children and they have served them well.
My son enlisted in the USMC prior to 9/11 and my daughter enlisted immediately after 9/11.
My son concluded his enlistment with the Corps and re-enlisted in the Army where he is presently stationed in Korea and number 20 on the current promotion list for Master Sergeant.
My daughter spent seven years in the Air Force and left as a Staff Sergeant.
She presently serves as a Training Officer for the Department of Corrections in S.C.
Both of them are great Americans of whom I am exceedingly proud as they are raising their children to embrace the same traits. (With a little help from dad, of course)
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Semper Gumby "Always Flexible". Rigidity under the right pressure will break you, so if you want to be able to rebound from crisis you have to be flexible and able to adapt.
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Duty, honor, perseverance but most of all integrity in all one does even if no-one is looking.
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Same way I learned from mistakes my parents my parents made, I've learned from way I wz treated in military life; & that's hw I've tried to bring up my children. I nvr told them they could do as they wish & then manipulate things to my liking.
I'm proud of my son who followed in his father's & my footsteps & enlisted despite my advise. He asked hw I'd feel & I explained I wouldn't like it coz he's my ONLY son & our country, contrary to popular opinion, wz at war only a few months after 9/11. I knew that DoD would feel free to send my son to send to war torn countries if they wished to coz, tho he's MY only son, he wz his father's YOUNGEST of 3 sons.
I know nothing about time my son served. What I do know is that DoD wz prepared to send my son, an Anglo-Hispanic who had forgotten what little Spanish he'd learn as a child, to El Salvador--a country with decades of violent & oppressive notoriety. When my son asked me personal (dates & places of birth) information about his father & me, I became curious & asked him why he wanted this information; THAT'S when he confirmed my suspicions & told me DoD wanted to send him to El Salvador. I have no idea what happened after I finished giving my son information he asked for, after I told him hw I felt about DoD's intention to send him to El Salvador. What I do know is that my son wz inviting me to Thanksgiving dinner closer to home a few months later. A few months (less than a yr) after that dinner, it wz his sister--my daughter--who told me her brother wz no longer serving.
I'm proud of my son who followed in his father's & my footsteps & enlisted despite my advise. He asked hw I'd feel & I explained I wouldn't like it coz he's my ONLY son & our country, contrary to popular opinion, wz at war only a few months after 9/11. I knew that DoD would feel free to send my son to send to war torn countries if they wished to coz, tho he's MY only son, he wz his father's YOUNGEST of 3 sons.
I know nothing about time my son served. What I do know is that DoD wz prepared to send my son, an Anglo-Hispanic who had forgotten what little Spanish he'd learn as a child, to El Salvador--a country with decades of violent & oppressive notoriety. When my son asked me personal (dates & places of birth) information about his father & me, I became curious & asked him why he wanted this information; THAT'S when he confirmed my suspicions & told me DoD wanted to send him to El Salvador. I have no idea what happened after I finished giving my son information he asked for, after I told him hw I felt about DoD's intention to send him to El Salvador. What I do know is that my son wz inviting me to Thanksgiving dinner closer to home a few months later. A few months (less than a yr) after that dinner, it wz his sister--my daughter--who told me her brother wz no longer serving.
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I believe the problems we currently have in our country now, it is important to explain the importance of our freedom! So many men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice over all the years so we can be free. We can not let it fail on our shift. We must show them the importance of our freedom!
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Doing the right thing won't make you popular. It will be the hardest thing you'll ever do. But, if you do the right thing you'll one day find that you haven't fallen for the lies your friends have and you'll have spared yourself considerable hardship as a result.
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Personal responsibility, dedication as too many give up when something becomes too hard, respect for ones Country/Flag/and the men and women that sacrifice for it.
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