My son commissioned into the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles"

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Please congratulate your son from my wife and I. As parents that have son #1 deployed at the present time,I know the pride that you feel in your son. Son #2 graduates from H.S.on Friday and leaves for Marine boot camp 10 days later. God bless you and your son. 14th Med

You must be very proud parents.....having two sons in the military today is a very rare thing.


My congratulations to you, your wife, and both of your very brave sons.

I will keep them in my prayers along with my own son....May God keep them all safe.

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

I wish him the best

Don't be surprised if you don't recognize your special son before long. Those members are sharp.

Let me know if they are coming our way. I'd love to see him!

To those who don't know:

Screaming Eagles

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Command Parachute Demonstration Team, the "Screaming Eagles" is a full time aerial demonstration unit in the Army. Headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the soldiers who make up the Screaming Eagles come from diverse backgrounds and hold various military occupational skills.

The team can trace its history as far back as the late 1950's, during the infancy of precision freefall itself. The original team members were a group of soldiers who volunteered their personal time to practice and perform quality parachute demonstrations. Noticing the success, the command group opted to form a full time team in 1984.

The team’s mission is to perform live aerial demonstrations in support of Army community relations and to promote the Army through the sport of skydiving, while representing the 101st Airborne Division and it’s proud and unyielding airborne tradition.

The team averages 70 parachute demonstrations throughout the United States in a show season ranging from airshows, professional games, and civic events. The Screaming Eagles have performed over 1000 live aerial demonstrations throughout the United States. Aside from performing parachute demonstrations, they also perform duties such as Show Coordination, Aviation Coordination, Media Relations and Rigging. Members work with the team for an average of two years before they continue on with their military careers.

In order to achieve the perfection it takes for the job, the team trains year round and makes between four and five hundred training jumps a year. Each jumper holds a Professional Exhibition Rating through the United States Parachute Association. They are trained in all aspects of parachute demonstration ranging from freefall to canopy relative work.

Performing parachute demonstrations require team members’ skills to be honed to a razor’s edge. Every team member gives 101% - for it is an honor and a privilege to be a member of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Command Parachute Demonstration Team, a "Screaming Eagle."

[Sandcrab Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sandcrab]

God bless your family. As a 34 year veteran, I can tell you this will not be easy but if you're not proud...you should be. I pray for those that serve, not those that swerve, not for those that chastize with no knowledge and criticize with no comprehension. Thank God that some young folks see that after Sep 11th, nothing is the same and may not be in our lifetime.

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Don't be surprised if you don't recognize your special son before long. Those members are sharp.

Let me know if they are coming our way. I'd love to see him!

Thank you so much for kindness toward my son, and for the description of the "Screaming Eagles"......If he is ever in your town, I will tell him to look you up.....

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

God bless your family. As a 34 year veteran, I can tell you this will not be easy but if you're not proud...you should be. I pray for those that serve, not those that swerve, not for those that chastize with no knowledge and criticize with no comprehension. Thank God that some young folks see that after Sep 11th, nothing is the same and may not be in our lifetime.

Sandcrab,

We are very proud of our son for making the decision to serve his country. Needless to say, I worry constantly for his safety. He is my oldest child, however, at 21, he still seems so young to me. Yet, he has made a very grown up decision.

I pray each day, for him and all the others who have made the same decision. I pray that God will watch over them, and keep them safe. I pray that they will all be returned safely to their families.

[somerville Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close somerville]

You are deservedly proud of your son. He is a patriot. I spent 28 years of active and reserve service in the Naval Reseve. I hope he doesn't have to go to Iraq or Afganistan, but if he does, I will include him in my prayers for my friend's children who are over there.

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

A lot of prayers, YES!

... I worry constantly for his safety.
...I pray each day, for him and all the others who have made the same decision. I pray that God will watch over them, and keep them safe. I pray that they will all be returned safely to their families.

He, they and this country can stand a lot of prayers... do that, but please stop worrying. His safety is tended to, to the utmost. Be assured of that.