Army Intelligence

Is NOT an oxymoron. Not anymore (not that it ever really was).  My son Michael has made it official.  He is now a proud member of the Army Reserves and I am now a proud father of a member of the Army Reserves!!!

Michael is one of the smartest people I know.  I don’t say that just because I am his Dad and I am proud of him.  He truly is one of the smartest people I know!  He has a full scholarship to an honors college where he has maintained a 4.0 GPA.  In high school he founded the Calculus club.  His Junior year he was a member of an engineering test team that finished second in the State of Texas and twenty-first in the nation!  He had enough AP math credits from high school that he has been taking Junior level math classes his freshman year in college (honors college, remember).  He is far enough ahead that he is considering finishing school a year early!

So, now he adds to his “resume” the Army Reserves.  He scored high enough on the ASVAB to qualify for any job in the Army.  He choose intelligence!  First God gave him intelligence and now he has chosen it as a job.  Seems appropriate :-)

He is taking the Fall semester off to go to basic training and then learn his job.  He can’t be deployed as long as he is in college and he can’t be stationed any more than 50 miles from school.  He is making enough $$ to quit his tutoring job in the math department which will give him more time to study.

He’s always talked about joining the Army since he was a kid.  The volatile world we live in did not deter him.  He wants to serve his country.  He is even looking for adventure on top of a military clearance and experience.  The Army is getting one class act of a kid man! Army Intelligence indeed.

I couldn’t be prouder, even as I pray for his safety.