We've gotten a couple of letters since he left. He made squad leader right off the bat, and said so far he has outlasted the first squad leaders on all the other squads. He told me something just before he left that struck me as somewhat profound coming from a 20 year old. Nothing to do with him going to bootcamp, but it did impress me. He said "Friends are like change, I would rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies." I still can't get that out of my mind.