Responsibilities for young people, young women and men, their parents, families, as they consider military service, what would you tell them why they ought to choose the army . Why they ought to choose the army. I think its an interesting question, because i go to basic training. I was just down in fort jackson a couple of weeks ago. And i always ask the parents that i meet, why the army . Especially if theyre from a different branch. Part of the army, to me the army is the force that is the most connected across the country with the United States, with america, with tradition, with the local communities. And it was brought home in a pretty dramatic way a week from yesterday, i had my welcoming ceremony, i talked about my who uncles that went to west point. One of them last name fanning. The number of emails i got from all over the current army today, but other people as well who knew with or served with one of those uncles. And so thats what i would tell someone why to choose the army
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Puentes-Reynolds is retired from local municipal government after 32 years in mid-management. She lives in San Carlos.
There are many mothers and women who contributed to my personhood, to whom I am continually grateful for being my role models. For now, I want to share my memories of four.
My mother, Celia Margarita Puentes Cervantes (aka Lita Reynolds); my mother’s mother Vicenta Rosalía Cervantes (Grandma Rosalie); Grandma Beckley (Florence Beckley); and, Mrs. Gracia Molina de Pick (aka Gracia Ifigenia Vasquez Gomez Molina Enriquez de Pick).
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