The USMC’s Loss Is Engineering’s Gain

Congrats to Sergeant Tom – aka Flash’s eldest son – on completing his hitch in the Marines.

As of last Friday, my son has completed his service with the United States Marine Corps. He currently is attend Engineering classes in Southern California. I hope he will find some time in his busy schedule to come home and visit his family.

I remember Tom from about age 12, of course – my stepson used to babysit him and Flash’s other two boys.  That was a very long time ago; I last saw Tom about 18 months ago.  A hitch in the Green Machine certainly turned him into a grownup.  I literally had not seen him since he was in junior high.  And there he was, on my front steps, looking like…a Marine sergeant!

And he had quite the career; he made Sergeant in under five years, which in a Corps not known for overpromoting is quite an achievement.  He did a tour in Anbar, as well as steaming all sorts of roundy-rounds in the Mediterranean.

Anyway – congrats, Tom, and good luck in your post service life!

3 thoughts on “The USMC’s Loss Is Engineering’s Gain

  1. That’s good news. Although after he deals with system stability and repeatability as they affect complex systems a bit more he may see why there are relatively fewer “liberal” engineers.

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