http://armystrongstories.com Army Strong Stories is an official U.S. Army blog portal created to share personal Soldier stories. Its purpose is to promote discussion surrounding life in the military, communicate the impact of day-to-day military life and follow the paths of Soldiers enlisted in different areas of the U.S. Army as they experience new opportunities. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:49 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:49 GMT http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joey-parton/my-son-is-at-ft-knox-ky-1/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joey-parton/'>Joey Parton</a><br /> My son is at Ft Knox, Ky getting ready to start basic training. It brought back many memories. I went to Ft Knox for basic in 1975 for the Armor school also. I never new at the time that I would make the Army a career and retire 20 years later. He was born at Ft Hood, TX. I went to Ft Carson after my schooling, but it would be nice if he was at Ft Hood where we could come and see him....<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joey-parton/my-son-is-at-ft-knox-ky-1/">read more</a> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:04:00 GMT Joey Parton http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joey-parton/my-son-is-at-ft-knox-ky-1/ http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joey-parton/proud-to-be-retired-from-the-us-army-and-father-of-an-army-soldier/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joey-parton/'>Joey Parton</a><br /> So proud of my son who graduated from HS this weekend and leaves for Fort Knox, KY the end of this month, to become a 19K. I graduated from Fort Knox, Ky as a 19D (11D back in 1975)....<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joey-parton/proud-to-be-retired-from-the-us-army-and-father-of-an-army-soldier/">read more</a> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:15:00 GMT Joey Parton http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joey-parton/proud-to-be-retired-from-the-us-army-and-father-of-an-army-soldier/