kids and issues

Ya know, this world would be a better place if the kids could run it. Our nine year old ND had to write this little report on if he ran the world for a day, what would he do..  His first thing was to fire Obama. the second thing was to end common core, and the third was to return school lunch menus to their rightful place.
While all the other kids had wishful thoughts of toys, and video games, ND came out with a grown up political statement in which his teacher gave him an A.


I love to debate the issues with the both of our boys and hear their views on the world and the candidates. They know about the Hillary email issue, and  both firmly believe that if they pulled a stunt like that, they would and this is a quote: "lose their xbox for a year"   So why should she get off?

The other issue I was told is that "Gun Free Zones" should cease to exist. It was asked of me that Don't all these people know that the mass shootings happen in places that are gun free? You don't hear of these mass killings at gun shows or gun ranges do you? Noooooo you don't...always in a gun free zone!!, then if you want to stop it, get rid of gun free zones....


Another thing was to build our military back up, and add more ships, I mean we are the country that was turning ships out like tic tacs during WW11, so why can't we now?. We have an enemy out there that wants us destroyed and despite what we are told:  its not climate change....."DUH"

And the Space program!  What the heck is that about? All kids dream about being an astronaut and with one stroke of a pen and a speech that dream was crushed. .

Lastly, (and I said this to Matt in my previous blog post)...both boys would LOVE to stand before Jeb Bush during a debate and have him work an elementary school common core math problem.. and not some 1st or 2nd grade level problem...no, he needs to attempt a 5th grade problem.


 You don't think they listen to mom and dad too much do you?

 -JUGM

Something Cool

This is something cool that an ole retired Navy Master Chief friend had on his facebook. My buddy OLD NFO likes to do a weekly post of different military posters. So I know this one would be right up his alley.

My dad and  uncle were a couple of guys like this. Dad was in during Korea, and had a saying : " I was in the Navy when Ships were wood and Men were Steel"

My Uncle was in the Navy during Nam and talks about his days along the Mekong Delta with lots of excitement. I guess despite all the politics surrounding the Vietnam War, he and his buddy's had fun and he has some good memories of camaraderie.

Senior's first 10 years in  the Navy was still fun but then during the second 10 years the PC crowd began to take over, and the good times like Chiefs Initiations and Shellback ceremonies  slowly began to fade and have become a shell of what they used to be. Soon I guess, they will be a thing of the past..... so sad  *Sigh*.

-JUGM

Memories

This is a scene that will forever be in my memories of being a Navy Wife. How many countless mornings, did I drop Senior off before he got underway, or how many times did I pass this on a daily basis going to and from work.
 I loved being apart of the active duty community, I loved feeling the sense of family with the ships we were on and our divisions. We were all so close knit. Parties at this one or that ones house on the weekends, week night softball games....yea, those were the days all right.

I was so proud to be able to see something every day that most people never got to see. Those majestic ships, the guys standing in formation for morning muster, and then standing at attention for the raising of "The Colors". Going on board like it was a second home, Taking Senior dinner and hanging out on his duty days. Once, He had the mid watch on the Quarter Deck, and I drove out to sit outside with him in the wee hours of the morning.

It makes me sad to think of the way our government is depleting our forces, and the readiness of our military. We were once a mighty fighting force, now we can hardly afford to pay our troops. And the moral is rumored to be at an all time low. The kids in now will never know the Navy that I knew. Today it is all high tech, with email and chats... A Navy wife's biggest fear is the email being down...
She will never know what it is like to get numbered letters a stack at a time. She will never know what is like to get a surprise phone call saying the ship pulled in. Now with video chats, she will never know what its like to go six months without seeing your sailor. Once that ship untied, and got underway..that was it, until the end of deployment.

Yea, all those days are long gone..seeing that picture brought it all back to me..memories forever etched in time.

-JUGM