SOBW is doing his summer duty for ROTC. He's learning fast rope today and sent the family a video of it. All I could say about it was "Smooooth". You could hear someone, who I assume was the instructor, say "Nice!" at the end. He sent me a separate text with the following: Chief: watching me rappel - "Who the eff is that?" Classmate: "(SOBW-LAST NAME REDACTED), Chief" Chief: "Of course it is..." Talked to him last week after completing his first week and he said "Dad, I'm having the best time of my life!" I couldn't be prouder of that young man! He will indeed be an asset to this nation's armed services.