05-09-2009, 09:10
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Future Green Beret potential.................
Toddler found alive...........  Thirsty,dirty and tired after spending two days and nights barely clothed in the wet,chilly woods of Mark Twain National Forest,3-year-old Joshua Childers was ready to go home................  He had to have crossed 2 streams in order to be where they found him..........  If that little one isn't an SF candidate material I'll eat my Beret.................
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05-09-2009, 09:15
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Here is the article if anyone wants to read all the info: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30608210/
I read that yesterday and was happy to hear some good news.
The kids shoe was missing and his pull up was off as well, obviously so he could use the shoelace and sneaker for making animal traps, and his pull up was used for holding food.
Tough little guy.
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05-09-2009, 09:27
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Great story.
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05-09-2009, 09:29
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He had eaten two snakes and was actually putting on weight when found.
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05-09-2009, 10:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greenberetTFS
Toddler found alive........... Thirsty,dirty and tired after spending two days and nights barely clothed in the wet,chilly woods of Mark Twain National Forest,3-year-old Joshua Childers was ready to go home................ He had to have crossed 2 streams in order to be where they found him.......... If that little one isn't an SF candidate material I'll eat my Beret.................
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Saw this story on Fox yesterday...and thought the same thing, a future SF Warrior!
Glad for some happy news this week! 
Holly
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05-09-2009, 10:46
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Yep, the little guy is probably future SF material,
but.......
the fact he was LOST, wouldn't that make him future Officer material as well? Just wandering away from home and all that.
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05-09-2009, 10:56
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Originally Posted by Sdiver
Yep, the little guy is probably future SF material,
but.......
the fact he was LOST, wouldn't that make him future Officer material as well? Just wandering away from home and all that.
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His Brother was in ANOC and could not watch him. You know those LT's need supervision..... 
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05-09-2009, 11:01
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sdiver
Yep, the little guy is probably future SF material,
but.......
the fact he was LOST, wouldn't that make him future Officer material as well? Just wandering away from home and all that.
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He actually had a compass but he can't read yet.
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05-09-2009, 20:09
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I have a son that age. I apparently have been slacking on his professional development. Duly noted...
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05-09-2009, 20:37
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He probably made the fatal mistake of insisting that his compass was wrong :P
Great story!
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05-10-2009, 01:49
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They asked the little guy what he wanted to be when he grows up and he said I want to graduate from SFQC so I can join the PS forum as a QP and of course take over Team Sergeant's job because by that time he'll be to old to handle it.  
(That last part took a lot of guts,so I'm looking for some help here guys).
GB TFS
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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05-10-2009, 07:43
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If someone get's me his parents address, I'll send him a "Special Forces" coin!
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05-10-2009, 08:32
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If someone get's me his parents address, I'll send him a "Special Forces" coin! |
Great idea!!
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05-10-2009, 08:40
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He probably made the fatal mistake of insisting that his compass was wrong :P
Great story!
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My guess is that the kid was doing a recon for possible cache sites in the local area, hence he had to accomplish this under the cover of darkness.
He's using "I got lost" as a "cover for action" in the hopes that no one goes looking for his multiple cache emplacements. Smart kid.
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05-10-2009, 10:41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greenberetTFS
They asked the little guy what he wanted to be when he grows up and he said I want to graduate from SFQC so I can join the PS forum as a QP and of course take over Team Sergeant's job because by that time he'll be to old to handle it. :
(That last part took a lot of guts,so I'm looking for some help here guys). |
Eventuallly the truth with come out that NDD and TS put him up to it.
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