"I'm glad," Christy said. "I was a little worried that there might be repercussions. But Eric and I decided that you were both adult and willing to le...rn. We're seldom wrong about such things, but I'm always a little leery at first." You... do this kind of thing often?" Vicki asked with just a little twinge of shock."To be perfectly frank, yes, we do," Eric told her. "And we're probably the happiest married couple in the world. You see, this kind of thing--hell, we might as well call it what it. I checked on him, then took a quick shower and dressed. I changed Jesse’s diaper, gave him some formula and a juice box, as well as some crackers to munch on. I read to him after he ate, and then we played a bit. At 6:30am, the phone rang and I answered it.“Mr. Adams, you have a call from the United States. I will put it through.”“Hello?” I said.“Steve? This is Julia, with Elyse and Dave. We’re on the speaker phone in your office at home. Stephanie is here, too.”“What’s up? And what time is it. I had dozed off only half an hour ago when the beeping startled me. I hit the snooze button three times. That way the alarm would start again in thirty minutes and wake me up in time to call my manager. It took several long minutes, but I managed to fall asleep again.Nightmares had plagued me for most of the night again. I had eaten another light meal after getting back from my long hike through the forest, still not feeling very hungry. My actions had devastated me. I kept hoping that Ilse. From that point on, Jake took me under his wing. It’s not that he taught me how to be a soldier, he also taught me how to be a man.Jake confided in me one day that he had decided that I was to be his legacy to the Army. Mandatory retirement was coming up, and he felt that someone needed to take his place. I was that someone.Before he left, Jake convinced me to keep going. He also told me what was needed to succeed in the Army. He told me, “Matt, the Army is kind of like the boy scouts. To get.