Dylan's Basic Graduation

Dylan after his Turing Blue ceremony. Doesn't he look sharp in his Dress Blues. 

 

Hugs from everyone

 

Brothers

Boy do they look up to their big brother. 

Dylan with Grandpa Marc & Grandma Linda

They met us in Chicago,  we all flew to Alabama together and drove  the rest of the way to Fort Benning Georgia. It was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed the extra navigational help. ha ha We would have been so lost!

They are ready to PLAY THE GAME 

 On the first day of boot camp all the soldiers had to run this hill with all of their gear. It's a lot steeper than it looks in this picture. Cole had heard the stories and Dylan challenged him to run it (without any gear). Cole DID IT! He did it with out any stops and the next picture is him at the top. Gabe did it next and made it all the way to the top too. Dylan was proud of his little brothers. :)

 (even us OLD folks climbed it a LOT slower of course)

 Way to go kido!

One of the next things they did was making them hold their ruck sacks above their heads and not touch their heads. Dylan relaxed for a second and let it rest on his head. OOPPS. Drill Sergeant caught him and threw his bag into the gravel pit and made him crawl for it. It was a hard first day and the thought of quitting crossed his mind a few times. Dylan is one tough kid, he did not quit, he kept going and he made his dream come true. He made it through one of the toughest boot camps they have and graduated a US ARMY INFANTRY SOLIDER.

Where Dylan spent 16 weeks with his battle buddies

The Barracks

 His Platoon

Charlie Company 4th Platoon ROUGHNECKS

Dylan giving us the grand tour and showing us where he did all his training. 

Celebrating with lunch

This was a real cool little Chinese Restaurant  we found off base.

Dylan really liked Gabe's Fedora and bought it from him. 

 National Infantry Museum. 

 Amazing place 

 The row of flags has a flag for each state

Chillin at the motel after a long day. Isn't he a handsome young man!!

Dylan words can not express how proud your family is of you. You did something most of us would never be able to accomplish. You had your struggles but never gave up. You are everything I expect from one of our brave servicemen. 

You are smart

You are brave

You are resolve

You are steady

You are consistent

You are a Untied States Solider

You are my son