What the Infantry Taught me About Parenting

Thomas St Thomas
5 min readJun 20, 2019

Prepare and pack, haul, be vigilant, and just make it home…so you can prepare for the next outing.

Never did I think about parenting while packed in a dark &dusty corner of a 7-ton truck, or while hauling fifty plus pounds of body armor, ammunition, and gear. But the lessons of an infantry deployment are vast and penetrate…

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Thomas St Thomas

I’ve got questions. Writing helps me find the answers. Husband, dad, Afghan vet, healthcare process consultant, former fitness guru.