{"id":5536,"date":"2024-01-12T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:32:44","slug":"bolc-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=5536","title":{"rendered":"BOLC GRADUATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quick midweek trip down to Georgia for me to witness Caleb&#8217;s graduation from BOLC &#8211; the Basic Officer Leadership Course. This marks the end of his introduction to real military life here at Fort Moore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s next?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, it all depends.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually he will be stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. But he&#8217;s hoping to do Ranger School here in Georgia before that. Those plans are in doubt now because of a badly sprained ankle over Christmas break.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So &#8230; only God knows.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Fortunately, we trust Him.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, Melissa couldn&#8217;t get away from commitments to Sarah&#8217;s show choir this week (not to mention a classroom of 1st graders), so I am traveling alone. On the bright side, it has given me some great father\/son time.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I flew into Atlanta yesterday evening. Caleb drove nearly 2 hours to get me and we stopped for some Chik-fil-A on the way back to his apartment. 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