VERY COOL! Thanks. Yup my son has some stories like yours he told us when we went to his graduation. Many soldiers in training dropped out because of the mental and physical demand...mostly physical because its grueling. I guess you either embrace it or you don't lol. He worked his *** off just to get in, so it makes it that much sweeter for him and us. BTW..25S is communication..ie satellites decoding and set up. They call it SIGNAL SCHOOL. You gotta score near the very top of the ASVAB to get considered. Pretty darn cool. We get to see him around XMAS as he gets HBL for a few days. WE ARE SO EXCITED and miss him. He's such a great young man and Patriot.