Questions about Service Academies

momof3boyz
Fri, 19 May 2006 22:42:12 +0000

Godfather, I’m just another mom trying to offer words of wisdom to young men (and women) like yourself. I am not the first to pop your “ideal image” bubble of a military doctor or surgeon. It’s great that you believe in your heart you want to help mend our soldiers that have been injured. But I have to ask, “where did you get the idea that the medical teams dealing with the daily “cannon ball” injuries are somewhere “safe” in America”?

Emergency Medicine is just that. The survival rate of a wounded soldier goes down if they are not treated quickly. The men and women wounded in this war do not get the privilege of flying home to America for medical treatment.

I don’t want you to shut the door on this information search. The more informed you are the better. I too have a son with similar desires. However, his desire is to be a leader and serve others reguardless of the risks. This is a tough pill to swallow. If you can’t see yourself in a fox hole serving our country, how can you see your self in any military capacity?