>>3107152 (PB)
My son also became a Marine at MCRD. Say good-bye to your son … you will never see him again. What will come back is a man fully grown … an alpha. The fact that he enlisted says that he was headed that way anyway … but MCRD and his subsequent deployments / training will accelerate that mightily. Where once he was kind, he will still be kind … but out of power, not weakness. Where once he was smart, he will still be smart … but to that will be added confidence. He will chart his own path, win - lose or draw and follow a sense of integrity and purpose you've never seen before. His good traits will have been amplified … his bad traits muzzled and harnessed to a greater purpose.
So say "Good-bye" to your boy … and prepare to meet your man.
The Marines will do all in their power to give him every chance to succeed.