My friend's son is a fantastic young man, a kid who really is getting his life together!! Eighteen years old, faithful, patriotic, driven, focused, you name it, a kid going places.
I really should not use the word kid, as he is truly growing into a strong MAN!!
This kid's driving ambition for many years was to enter the Army and become a Ranger.
He is entering his third week of Ranger school and doing well. When I talked to him last night, I asked him if he needed me to send anything that would make his life easier.
The only thing he requested was a medium size folding knife, about three inch blade, of good enough quality to be useful, but not so nice that if he lost it or broke it, he would be annoyed.
With that in mind, any recommendations?
Also, if I am shipping stuff to him, is there other items that he would like/need?
Stuff like food products, pens, lighters, duct tape, baling twine, etc?
The collective wisdom of this group should give me some ideas!
What stuff would you like and believe would be allowed for his training?
He also said that he is loving the drive and motivation of the instructors and the remaining students. His class has had a huge number of drop outs because the drops suffer from small hearts. So far his worst body wear and tear is a small cut on his foot.
Such a huge contrast between this young man and one of Louis' friends from back home. The back home friend is sadly a disaster causing enormous angst for his entire family.
