My Wife Is a Soldier’s Mom
Posted on | May 12, 2013 | 25 Comments
Army son will be up at 4 a.m. Number 15 in his “chalk” at Airborne school — first man out of his plane in Monday’s first jump.
— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) May 13, 2013
Today was Mother’s Day, and I realized I never got around to posting the photos of my Army son’s graduation from Infantry School. My wife cried, she was so proud of him. Here he is, wearing the infantry “blue cord,” with his favorite drill sergeant:
It was nice to see the boy all grown up and, despite all that training, still cocky as ever. Here he is during his 72-hour pass in Columbus:
Not much question where he gets the good looks, is there?
So now our son’s in Airborne school, and Monday will be his first jump. Paratroopers are divided up into “chalks” of 30 men, and the Number 15 man in the chalk is the first to jump. Hooah!
Mother’s Day is, by custom, also the final day of National Offend a Feminist Week, which Mr. G. celebrates with an entirely appropriate declaration: “Now go get me a beer.”
Comments
25 Responses to “My Wife Is a Soldier’s Mom”
THE FULL METAL JACKET REACH-AROUND AWARD
This spot rotates to honor those who link us in shameless obedience to Rule 2 of "How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog."
HIT THE FREAKING TIP JAR!
THE PATRIARCH TREE
Recent Posts
- Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Gilmore v. Jones, et al., Hearing
- Late Night With In The Mailbox: 11.12.18
- University Begins ‘Intersectional Diversity and Sexual Harassment Training’
- Reading Samizdat
- Anti-Trump Radical Identified as Member of Mob at Tucker Carlson’s Home
- Late NIght With Rule 5 Sunday: Nurse! Nurse!
- Democrat Election Theft Update: Pigs Don’t Fly and Questions Are Racist
- FMJRA 2.0: Back In The Saddle
- More Florida News: Democrats Send in Soros-Connected Lawyer Marc Elias
- Democrat Election Theft Update
RSS reader subscription
MEMEORANDUM
Recent Comments
- Harvard Hates Heterosexuals (Because the Ivy League Is Decadent and Depraved) – Living in Anglo-America on Harvard Hates Heterosexuals (Because the Ivy League Is Decadent and Depraved)
- Saturday Links | 357 Magnum on Another ‘Incel’ Weirdo: Tallahassee Shooter Was Public School Teacher
- News of the Week (November 5th, 2018) | The Political Hat on Don’t Mess With Feng Zhu Chen
- Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup » Pirate's Cove on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Wombat Hospitalized, Could Use Your Help
- Quick Hits & Dangerous Reads (2 November 2018) | The Cercle Rouge on ‘Choose the Form of the Destructor’: #GoogleWalkout and SJW Torpedoes
THE AMAZING GONZO FEED
Search the Blog
Blog-Fu Ninja Masters
ADVERTISEMENT
Axis of Fedorables
- All-American Girl for the Restoration of Values
- Allergic to Bull
- Cat House Chat
- Chris Cassone
- Conservative Daily News
- DaTechguy
- Fishersville Mike
- Girl on the Right
- Haemet
- Just A Conservative Girl
- Little Miss Attila
- Marooned in Marin
- Paco Enterprises
- So It Goes In Shreveport
- SWAC Girl
- The (Perhaps Slightly Less) Lonely Conservative
- The Camp of the Saints
- The World's Youngest Blogger
- Uncoverage
- VA Right
AMAZING SAVINGS NOW!
Archives
- November 2018 (29)
- October 2018 (96)
- September 2018 (79)
- August 2018 (107)
- July 2018 (98)
- June 2018 (86)
- May 2018 (78)
- April 2018 (78)
- March 2018 (97)
- February 2018 (61)
- January 2018 (70)
- December 2017 (62)
- November 2017 (68)
- October 2017 (67)
- September 2017 (70)
- August 2017 (68)
- July 2017 (52)
- June 2017 (60)
- May 2017 (56)
- April 2017 (80)
- March 2017 (81)
- February 2017 (103)
- January 2017 (104)
- December 2016 (65)
- November 2016 (86)
- October 2016 (77)
- September 2016 (81)
- August 2016 (66)
- July 2016 (83)
- June 2016 (81)
- May 2016 (65)
- April 2016 (64)
- March 2016 (81)
- February 2016 (74)
- January 2016 (66)
- December 2015 (64)
- November 2015 (85)
- October 2015 (71)
- September 2015 (80)
- August 2015 (67)
- July 2015 (79)
- June 2015 (69)
- May 2015 (72)
- April 2015 (94)
- March 2015 (122)
- February 2015 (71)
- January 2015 (93)
- December 2014 (99)
- November 2014 (67)
- October 2014 (109)
- September 2014 (87)
- August 2014 (106)
- July 2014 (132)
- June 2014 (154)
- May 2014 (126)
- April 2014 (145)
- March 2014 (144)
- February 2014 (142)
- January 2014 (185)
- December 2013 (192)
- November 2013 (174)
- October 2013 (175)
- September 2013 (181)
- August 2013 (172)
- July 2013 (147)
- June 2013 (135)
- May 2013 (129)
- April 2013 (105)
- March 2013 (162)
- February 2013 (191)
- January 2013 (206)
- December 2012 (190)
- November 2012 (176)
- October 2012 (240)
- September 2012 (206)
- August 2012 (235)
- July 2012 (223)
- June 2012 (161)
- May 2012 (230)
- April 2012 (269)
- March 2012 (282)
- February 2012 (247)
- January 2012 (267)
- December 2011 (285)
- November 2011 (300)
- October 2011 (302)
- September 2011 (297)
- August 2011 (288)
- July 2011 (297)
- June 2011 (245)
- May 2011 (260)
- April 2011 (344)
- March 2011 (293)
- February 2011 (201)
- January 2011 (263)
- December 2010 (265)
- November 2010 (266)
- October 2010 (305)
- September 2010 (280)
- August 2010 (272)
- July 2010 (230)
- June 2010 (244)
- May 2010 (256)
- April 2010 (222)
- March 2010 (271)
- February 2010 (286)
- January 2010 (229)
- December 2009 (21)
- October 2009 (1)
Wombat's Wizards of Blog
SHOP NOW FOR AWESOME COMPUTER DEALS!
Can't Get Enough of That Hot Bloggy Stuff
- All-American Blogger
- American Glob
- American Power
- Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
- Athens & Jerusalem
- Barney Quick
- Bartholomew's Notes On Religion
- BatesLine
- Bear Creek Ledger
- Bearsears Patriots
- Blog de KingShamus
- Blueshelled
- Bride of Rove
- Cold Fury
- Dr. Helen
- Dustbury
- Five Feet of Fury
- I Own The World
- Legal Insurrection
- Little Miss Attila
- No Runny Eggs
- Obi`s Sister
- Piece of Work in Progress
- Pirates Cove
- Rhetorican
- The Conservatory
- The Sundries Shack
- VodkaPundit
- Zilla of the Resistance
Blogroll
- 90 Miles From Tyranny
- A Conservative Shemale
- AmSpec Blog
- Bad Blue
- Caffeinated Thoughts
- Calvin Freiburger Online
- Carol's Closet
- Cassy Fiano
- Catholic Bandita
- Catholic Tide
- Caught Him With A Corndog
- Cecil Calvert
- Charles G. Hill
- Clever S. Logan
- Common Cents
- Common Cents
- Conservative Girl With a Voice
- Conservative Hideout
- Conservative Watch News
- Conservatives for America
- Conservatives For Palin
- Crazy For Liberty
- Creative Minority Report
- Crush Liberalism
- Cubachi
- Cynthia Yockey
- Dad 29
- Daria DiGiovanni
- Dateline Zero
- DC Damsel
- Dr. Flap
- Dyspepsia Generation
- Effing Conservatives
- Election Dissection
- Ennui Pundit
- Eric Reasons, IT Genius
- Evil Blogger Lady
- Eye of Polyphemus
- Fausta's Blog
- Finding Ponies. . .
- Fire Andrea Mitchell
- For What It's Worth
- Founding Bloggers
- Free Will
- Funny and Jewish
- Gay Patriot
- Get Along Home
- GM's Place
- Grandpa John's
- Granite Grok
- Granny Rant
- GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD
- Hit & Run
- Hoosier Access
- Hot Air Green Room
- Hugh Hewitt
- Ignorant Me
- Inside Charm City
- Is This Blog On?
- Jackie Wellfonder
- John William Perry
- Judicial Watch
- Jumping in Pools
- Katy's Conservative Corner
- KillTruck
- KURU Lounge
- Laughing Conservative
- Laura Elizabeth Morales
- Lead and Gold
- Lee Hernly
- Libertarian Republican
- Liberty Pundits
- Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
- Live Action
- Maj. Steven Givler
- Makes My Brain Itch
- Marathon Pundit
- Martin Eisenstadt's Blog
- Media Fade
- Michael Leahy
- Mind Numbed Robot
- Mister Pterodactyl
- Monique Stuart
- Morally Right
- My Blog
- My Thoughts on Freedom
- Naked Villainy
- Nathan Martin
- Never Yet Melted
- Newsreal Blog
- Nice Deb
- noot's observatory
- Not One Red Cent
- NOVA Townhall
- Ollieander
- Ordered Liberty
- Outside the Beltway
- Pierre Legrand's Pink Flamingo Bar
- Pileus
- Pinup Girl
- PJ Tatler
- Point of a Gun
- Political Clown Parade
- Political Pit Bull
- Politicaljunkie Mom
- Primordial Slack
- Public Secrets
- Pundit and Pundette
- Reaganite Republican Resistance
- Red Alexandria
- Red Dog Report
- Red State Eclectic
- Red, White & Conservative
- Republican Redefined
- ResCon1
- Rhymes With Right
- Ric's Rulez
- Ricochet
- Right of Course
- Right Pundits
- Right Turns Only
- Right View From the Left Coast
- Right Wing News
- Right Wing Nut House
- Robipedia
- Robomonkey
- Ruby Slippers Blog
- Saberpoint
- Scared Monkeys
- Sentry Journal
- Serr8d's Cutting Edge
- SI VIS PACEM
- Sissy 'put moi in your blogroll' Willis
- Skepticrats
- Smash Mouth Politics
- Sooper Mexican
- Southern Maryland Online
- Soylent Green
- St. Blogustine
- Stacy on the Right
- Story Balloon
- Suzy Rice
- Taking Hayek Seriously
- Tel-Chai Nation
- Tequila & Javalinas
- That Mr. Guy
- The Aged P
- The American Catholic
- The Anchoress
- The Blogmocracy
- The Busted Nut
- The Classic Liberal
- The Daily Conservative
- The Daily Ramble
- The Daley Gator
- The Essex Blog
- The Frugal Cafe
- The Hay Ride
- The Indentured Servant Girl
- The Izzy Report
- The Jawa Report
- The Last Tradition
- The Looking Spoon
- The Minority Leader
- The Minority Report
- The NeoSexist
- The Nose on Your Face
- The Political Commentator
- The Prudence Paine Papers
- The Real Mike
- The Republican Mother
- The Right Sphere
- The Saint Angilbert Press
- The Snark Factor
- The Snooper Report
- The Tiger on Politics
- The Underground Conservative
- The View From LL2
- The Washington Rebel
- Three Beers Later
- Threedonia
- Thunder Tales
- Tigerhawk
- Tom McLaughlin
- Tory Anarchist
- TrogloPundit
- Ui2 — Informed Dissent
- Urban Grounds
- Valley of the Shadow
- Vets On The Watch
- Vox Day
- Watcher of Weasels
- Western Experience
- Wintery Knight
- Word Around the Net
- World's Only Rational Man
- WyBlog
- Yankee Phil
- Zingstrom's Blog
May 12th, 2013 @ 11:57 pm
Your pride is well justified.
May 13th, 2013 @ 12:08 am
Good looking straight-backed soldier there! You and his Mom are justly proud of him, as are we all.
Please thank him for his service and wish him Godspeed from me and all of us comments-dwellers, and thank his mother for lending him to protect us – and also for mostly keeping you out of trouble.
May 13th, 2013 @ 12:50 am
God bless you and your family. And congratulations to your son.
May 13th, 2013 @ 12:51 am
So was his favorite drill sergeant a barker or one of the REALLY scary quiet ones?
May 13th, 2013 @ 1:02 am
Good moms and good drill sergeants have a lot in common. Keeping a McCain out of trouble is a hard job, either way.
May 13th, 2013 @ 3:27 am
Hooh. Farkin’. RAH!
May 13th, 2013 @ 5:12 am
Kevin Trainor Jr. liked this on Facebook.
May 13th, 2013 @ 6:47 am
I see a new trooper gets two Geedunk ribbons these days. It was just one in ’72.
Congrats to the new trooper. Have a safe jump school.
May 13th, 2013 @ 8:46 am
Great photos. When I was watching “The Best Years of Our Lives” on TCM, I kept thinking that you look a little like Fredric March. In your photo, you look a lot like him.
May 13th, 2013 @ 9:07 am
Awesome!
May 13th, 2013 @ 9:49 am
Good on your son. Thanks for his service. And thanks for the link.
May 13th, 2013 @ 9:51 am
Funny how they do that. One DI will be a real rip-snorter while the other will be the quiet one…until you piss him off, then he will make the first DI look like a Mother spoiling her child.
May 13th, 2013 @ 10:20 am
How’d you manage such a good-looking son?
May 13th, 2013 @ 10:22 am
God Bless the Scots-Irish…and the Moms who raise them.
With men like Bob in our military, we stand a chance of surviving these Dark Times.
May 13th, 2013 @ 1:04 pm
“WHAT DID I TELL YOU TRAINEE?!”
“STATIC LINES ARE IMPORTANTT, JUMPMASTER!”
“THAT IS CORRECT! NOW YOU _WILL_ FILL IN THR DENT YOU MADE IN MY DZ!”
May 13th, 2013 @ 3:04 pm
I figured mine was quiet because he was just savoring what was about to happen to us. Funny thing, once it got to there point where we were sure to make it, he got surprisingly human.
Most folks don’t realize that drill sergeant is one of the most demanding, highest-stress assignments in the Army.
May 13th, 2013 @ 3:05 pm
(loosely based on a true story.)
May 13th, 2013 @ 7:48 pm
BCT and AIT are murder on parents: we keep wanting to know what is going on with our kids, and we want to know now! Nothing but snail mail and maybe a five-minute phone call on some Sundays, even as recently as 2010.
May 13th, 2013 @ 10:40 pm
Dang! I can’t tell which of you he looks the most like. You all have those Eskimo eyes. Don’t mean that in a bad way at all. There’s just the shape and the little puff under. Makes it harder to discern from a screen.
Anyway, Congrats!
May 14th, 2013 @ 9:26 am
His Mom.
May 14th, 2013 @ 9:27 am
He’s jumping outta planes? Whoa. O_o him got bigger ones than me….
May 14th, 2013 @ 3:02 pm
I settled for sliding out helicopters out of a sense of fiscal responsibility. Just couldn’t bring myself to waste half an airplane ride the taxpayers had to pay for.
May 15th, 2013 @ 7:51 am
what a beautiful family! god bless your son, as well as you and your family. please thank your son for his service to this country. i truly appreciate it, as do many, many others. thank you for sharing.
May 15th, 2013 @ 8:08 pm
Video: Glenn Beck maps out how the 3 Scandals are inter-related (IRS, AP and Benghazi)
http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/05/video-glenn-beck-maps-out-how-scandals.html
May 16th, 2013 @ 8:07 am
[…] May 12: My Wife Is a Soldier’s Mom […]