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Congratulations To The Other McCain – Robert Stacy McCain

His son is now a man.  He’s put on a uniform and taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.  Very few people who take that oath ever forget the oath, or the day they took it..

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Robert Stacy McCain

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The Other McCain

A Soldier and Two Marines: Sworn to ‘Support and Defend the Constitution’

My son is now in training, but we got a lecture about “operational security” during our visit to the MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) and after discussion with my wife, I decided against posting video or photos of the swearing-in ceremony, where our soldier took an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

The 18X program isn’t something I’d been familiar with before, and I had no idea what an honor it was for my son to be enlisted under that program. Yeah, I knew he’d scored at the top on the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery). My son’s recruiter said he’d only had one other applicant score that high — and that kid ended up going to Harvard instead of enlisting. Sure, my son told me that he had some kind of special deal, but . . .

My older brother ended up on a mortar crew in the 101st Airborne after being enlisted with promises that he’d be trained as a mechanic, so I took all this “special program” recruiter talk with a grain of salt.

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A Soldier and Two Marines: Sworn to ‘Support and Defend the Constitution’

 

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