Christmas Ideas for moms

[colt1rgr]

The best gift you could give him while he is home, since he's on RASP hold, is to ensure he's up and the door for normal PT every morning at the crack of dawn. Make sure he's not cheating his body, eating right and goes easy on the "Mom Goodies". Now is time of sacrifice, be plenty of time to spoil your Ranger ONCE he is a Ranger and home on block leave! Give the young man our best and "Thanks" (and that goes for you too! You obviously raised him right! .

[MsMarla]

The Suuntos are out. We're not willing to spend that kind of money when he might not be able to hold onto it or keep from ruining it in RASP. Dear husband came home tonight and said our NEX has a huge selection of G Shocks. I think we might skip the atomic time keeping thing. We'll have to do a little more reading on that.

Thanks again for all the help.

The best gift you could give him while he is home, since he's on RASP hold, is to ensure he's up and the door for normal PT every morning at the crack of dawn. Make sure he's not cheating his body, eating right and goes easy on the "Mom Goodies". Now is time of sacrifice, be plenty of time to spoil your Ranger ONCE he is a Ranger and home on block leave! Give the young man our best and "Thanks" (and that goes for you too! You obviously raised him right! .

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad I found the forum. Y'all are making me feel better about his career choice. Not sure I can keep from feeding him well while he's home, but he will definitely be getting the PT done. I'll have him read some of the training advice on here. I already told him the idea some one had to do the stair climber with his ruck on.

He ran cross country in high school and is very wiry. Stamina is not a problem for him. He is small, though, and he was humbled a little to realize that it does make a difference in some things--forced marches in particular. He has trouble matching strides with the taller guys. They have been standing in formation all day every day for the past week and half at Hold--no formal PT--so he knows he needs to take advantage of the time.

[Invictus]

What about a military history book? Do y'all know any good ones about the Rangers in particular?

"To Fight With Intrepidity" and "Rangers In Combat" both by John D. Locke
"Black Hawk Down", "The Battle of Mogadishu" and "Roberts Ridge" are good books about more recent combat operations.
There are a lot of good books to choose from about Rangers in Vietnam that I would recommend he check out.

[MsMarla]

What about a military history book? Do y'all know any good ones about the Rangers in particular?

"To Fight With Intrepidity" and "Rangers In Combat" both by John D. Locke
"Black Hawk Down", "The Battle of Mogadishu" and "Roberts Ridge" are good books about more recent combat operations.
There are a lot of good books to choose from about Rangers in Vietnam that I would recommend he check out.

Thank you, Ranger Invictus. That "To Fight with Intrepidity" looks good, but is going for $70 on amazon! Must be out of print. I'll try to find it somewhere else.

We are definitely doing the watch and a couple of books with some cash. I'm still trying to convince my husband that the knife is a good idea. I'm thinking even if he doesn't love the one we get, he can always get another one after RASP. Can you have too many?

[boscounderfoot]

Maam, the fact that you are there for him and support him in this amazingly difficult endeavor is one of the greatest gifts you could ever give to him. This young warrior has a lot of questions going through his mind right now and he will be looking for reassurance from those he trusts that he has made a wise decision. The rest (watches, cash, etc.) is gravy, just keep doing what you're doing and don't let him give up!

[MsMarla]

Maam, the fact that you are there for him and support him in this amazingly difficult endeavor is one of the greatest gifts you could ever give to him. This young warrior has a lot of questions going through his mind right now and he will be looking for reassurance from those he trusts that he has made a wise decision. The rest (watches, cash, etc.) is gravy, just keep doing what you're doing and don't let him give up!

Thank you. I can do that!