Advice
MARY TURNER: If another parent came to me and was concerned about their son or daughter wanting to serve, the first thing I would reassure them is that it’s a good thing. It’s an honorable thing.
SHERRIE GIBSON: The advice that I would give to other parents is if your child approaches it, or you think they are thinking about it, now offer to help them research whether it’s the right decision for them. Help them or offer to go with them if they’re too afraid to ask tough questions of a recruiter. When they have these college fairs, ask him or tell him or her to go to these college fairs. Look at other options. Military isn’t the only option out there, but certainly don’t discount it either. Just go out and get as much information as you can to make the right decision, or to help them make the right decision.
RONALD BROWN: I say let them grow up and experience life. I don’t think there’s a better place that offers that than the Military.
MARY TURNER: It’s a phenomenal experience for your child, one that cannot really be described, and what they will be able to do, and be able to learn, and the person that they’ll become, and the people they’ll come in contact with, those relationships will last a lifetime.
DARRELL HARPER: It’s a great decision for a child coming out of high school that really does not know which direction to turn. If I could just reach out and really get them to see that the Military is not as bad as it’s always been portrayed, then I would try my best to get them to research more and more into it.
KEITH FRESHOUR: Making sure that they again have their eyes wide open to what they’re going into, and then if that’s still what they want to do, go knock it out.
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