Another book to add to your growing reading list is "Keeping Faith" by John and Frank Schaeffer. Frank, the father, is a writer from the Northeast part of the country whos peers all drive volvos, wear birkenstocks, and send their children to exclusive, expensive colleges. John is his youngest child who decides to join the Marine Corps (thereby joining one of the most exclusive brotherhood, really) It chronicles John's life thru boot camp and MCT (I think he's an intel bubba.. can't remember), and Frank's reactions to his son's challenges, changes, etc. Sometimes a little too touchy-feely for me, but still a good read overall. I got a copy for my troopies to to read and recommend to their parents too. It went over pretty well.
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Rugger