On Monday in Little Rock, Paul was sworn in to the United States Army Reserve. Me, my Mom, & the girls were on our way to Eldorado to finish packing up mom's house that day. SO, we decided to stop in Little Rock & watch Paul be sworn in. They told us it would take place between 2 & 3. Well, we got there at 1:57 & he was sworn in at about 4:15. Go figure. Of course, had we gotten there at 2:30 he would have been sworn in at 2:15. That's just the kind of luck I have. We just sat around in the lobby area waiting for them to call us in. We saw Paul walking back & forth taking care of paperwork, etc several times. The girls were very well behaved considering we had to wait for 2 hours. I'm glad we were able to be there to support Paul. I'm very proud of him.
Paul reports to his unit in Parsons, Kansas on Monday (the 15th) for processing. After that we'll know if he is eligible to purchase medical insurance through the Army & we'll find out when he can start drilling with his unit. He'll drill with them on their once a month training exercises until he goes to Basic Training at Fort Jackson South Carolina in November (the 9th to be exact). Immediately following his Basic Training he will go to Fort Gordon in Georgia (just outside of Augusta) for his job training. He'll be home from all of his training at the end of June next year. Should be an adventure!!
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Congrats Paul! EXCITING times for you guys - Good Luck with it all! Great pictures by the way!
Woohoo! Go Army and congrats Paul.
Ft Jackson in Nov - now that is a lot smarter than when I went through basic training there in July and August. In fact we do bike rides at Ft. Jackson twice a week.
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