Hamish, who is a Facebook friend recently sent me a private note about a recent family event here in Indiana and said I was negligent on posting an update here.
My oldest son Daniel, who is 17 completed his High School early last week and is now enrolled in our local university as a freshman majoring in Physical Fitness and Sports Management decided he also wanted to service our nation so last week he also went down with our blessing and enlisted in the US Army Reserve.
He's going to go to basic training and then his specialized training in June and return to college next January with approximately 15 college credits worth of Army training to transfer in to his college transcript.
And this week, we are going down to talk to the ROTC office at the university to register him for his first Military Science class to prepare him to eventually become a Lieutenant in the Army in a few years.
And as the photos attached will show, I didn't let the moment slip away as I called the MEPS center commander and worked a little drug deal to allow me to swear Daniel into the service. He's now a Private in the US Army Reserve with duty at our local Reserve Center one weekend a month starting in January.
Mom and Maternal Granddad (Vietnam Era Air Force Vet) were present for the ceremony as well.
Daniel after raising his right hand became the 4th Consecutive generation of Drake's to serve our nation. His Great-Grandfather served in the Navy in WWII, His Paternal Grandfather (my Dad) served in Korea and Vietnam with the Marines, I served in Desert Storm, Somalia as a Marine and Iraq and Afghanistan with the Army and his future is wide open.
I know others on the forum have sons and daughters serving as I type this so I kept this event on the downlow until I was called out for not sharing the news.