Uncle Kyle

This is Kyle, my younger brother.

In December, Kyle signed up to be in Iowa's National Guard, and since then has done Weekend Warrior once a month. He recently graduated from Job Corp and is ready to be dedicated to The Guard.

Hailey had the great opportunity to be reacquainted with him and got very attached. He likes her Uncle Kyle and loved to go downstairs to be with him.
Last Monday, Kyle was picked up and left to go to Basic Training. We were able to spend a little more time with him that day for dinner at Texas Roadhouse and games afterwards.

After a couple of uncertain days, Kyle ended up being at Fort Benning in Georgia (which was a last minute change, he was originally assigned to South Carolina.) I was thankful to have this special opportunity to see him being shipped out. Hailey still asks "Where's Uncle Kyle?"

The most recent update (as of today) is that the real training is starting tomorrow. He is going down field and has no more contact with the outside world for the next 3 weeks.