My husband's young cousin is going into the military, so his family had a party

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for him. It was very nice. Outdoor picnic with all the relatives around plus cake. The cake had an army emblem on it. We had a nice day. I think he did, too. His Mother had to constantly fight back tears and his Dad looked worried. It was a rough day. He will be getting training to be a tank mechanic. We gave him a phone card and I made a copy of the only army private I could find on the internet that wasn't dead. A squirrel, that's right, a squirrel dressed as an army private, that made him laugh. The American Legion where my husband and I go once a month is big on phone cards for active military, hospitalized military, veterans, everybody military. Have you gone to party for someone, hosted one, or had a party for you before leaving to go into the military or to go far away for a job? Have you given cards to someone leaving the area, regular and phone cards? I congratulated him, but didn't know what to say to his mother.