My son is 17, he has pre-enlistied for the army, all the paperwork and his physical are done, as soon as he graduates in June he is theirs, The early enrollment program appealed to him becase of money, he gets a thousand dollars a mont for every month ( Sept- June) upon completion of boot camp, plus a $21,000 sign on bonus , so I get why he did it.
I am very specially bonded to him because I had partical placental separation and almost lost him, I literally laid flat on my back so he could live for five months as the placenta develpoed scar tissue and readheared to the uterine wall.
I am so afraid for him, I cant bear the thoughts of him dying or being severely hurt, I support him , but keep my fears to myself I dont want him to feel guilty. I am proud of him, hes a great kid with good morals,I just dont want him to see war and terror. Im sure most moms of serviceboys and girls feel the same way, how do you cope, Hes not shipping out until Aug 3rd I am just trying to educate and prepare my self any advice would be greatly appreciated.