Oh shit congrats on your soon to be new soldier. My step daughter just finished basic in Ft Jackson and is now in her first advanced training then to airborne school. Yeah its nuts. And now my oldest son is joining Navy in the spring to be a corpsman. Crazy. Good luck. I'm an army brat so I'm used to that world. No I didn't join and my full bird colonel pop never pressured me. I spent my entire youth in the army as far as I'm concerned I did my time, 17 years. He was in 33 1/2.
That TNT surprised me, one of my phenos is gnarly, others are great..
Sundae looks super I can't wait to see what I find in my pack, and shit the bandit looks amazing too. Great work.
Parental tip for basic...Facebook page for their unit will be one of your only ways to see how they're doing. They have to earn communication and if some young buck is a brat theyll screw up phone potential for the whole unit. They get "smoked" all the time when someone mouths off then everyone has to do pushups lol. It's not the kinda smoked we like. You may know this stuff already...also be cautious of treats from home you send them, they get smoked for that too sometimes . It's very fresh still in my house. We drove 5500 miles round trip for graduation , my girlfriend doesn't fly....
I'm excited for you and your recruit, it's pretty awesome. Sorry for all the words...