In the Army Now

As some of you may or may not know, my brother, Bryce has joined the United States Army. He is in the 192nd Brigade Delta Company 2-19 and is currently in boot camp at Fort Benning Georgia. Fort Benning is about 2 1/2 hours away from my house and he had a 36 hour pass this weekend so Landon and I drove down to the base and picked him up so he could spend some time with us. It was so awesome to see him. He looked so good, so grown up. He was dressed in his Class B uniform and looked very handsome. Not surprising to anyone who knows me but I cried when I saw him. Not because I missed him (although I have) or because I was sad or anything. I cried because when I looked at him standing at attention with the rest of his platoon and the company he looked amazing. He has really grown up in the last six months and matured into an awesome young man. He is so happy with what he is doing, he really enjoys it. You can tell when you look at him. I am so proud of him!!!!!! He will graduate on June 20th and have a two week leave after which he will be stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas where he will join the 1st Infantry Division. He currently specializes in mechanized which means he rolls around in tanks and stuff like that. He's plans include Airborne school and going Halo (what that means exactly I'm not sure but he wants to jump out of airplanes, why I'm not sure). Anyway, we had an awesome time and the boys couldn't get enough of him. When Bryce was in the bathroom Kobe would stand outside the door and knock non-stop while saying, "Bryce, Bryce, Bryce, hurry up Bryce!" Landon had a baseball game that day and was very excited that his Uncle, the army guy, would be able to watch him play. I love my brother so much and I am so proud of him and what he is doing. Please everyone, support our military and when you come across a service man take a moment to thank them. That's my brother out there.