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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 02:06 AM Sep 2014

Toddler Ignores Military Protocol, Hugs Mom

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – Cooper Waldvogel loves his mom more than militaryprotocol.

The 3-year-old boy could not wait for his mom to be dismissed after serving nine months in Afghanistan with the National Guard's 114th Transportation Company based in Chisholm, Minn.

He ran to her Tuesday morning while she and her fellow soldiers stood in line waiting to be dismissed.

"I was longing to hold him, that's all that I thought about," said his mother, Kathryn Waldvogel, 25.

Her first sergeant told her and the other soldiers they would file in to the auditorium and would be dismissed shortly. But they were not to say hello to family members because it would take too long.

Cooper took care of that, running to his mother's arms.

"He just kept smiling like he was in awe of me," she said.

A KARE-TV photographer captured the moment and the station posted to Facebook. The responses have been overwhelmingly positive.



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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/09/17/toddler-ignores-military-protocol-hugs-mom/15759527/

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Toddler Ignores Military Protocol, Hugs Mom (Original Post) Purveyor Sep 2014 OP
What a precious photograph! Good for that little boy! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #1
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #2
what a great pic and story to go along with it JI7 Sep 2014 #3
And they didn't jump him, force him face first to the ground, tase and cuff him rpannier Sep 2014 #4
Agree security should be up on charges. So should the "mom" and the boy. Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #8
Sweet!! oldandhappy Sep 2014 #5
Kick! ReRe Sep 2014 #6
Great picture. postulater Sep 2014 #7

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,297 posts)
1. What a precious photograph! Good for that little boy!
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 02:08 AM
Sep 2014

And the look of love and joy on his mom's face just says it all.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
4. And they didn't jump him, force him face first to the ground, tase and cuff him
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 03:35 AM
Sep 2014

Where's the security?? He could have been a terrorist!!!
They're coming over the border through Mexico.
I saw a headline about a Texas sheriff who said he found a Qaran.

:/ sarcasm

Now that I've released my inner right winger

Cute pic
Thanks for sharing

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
8. Agree security should be up on charges. So should the "mom" and the boy.
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 09:53 AM
Sep 2014

We only have the "moms" word she is the mother. That kid could easily be an ISIS operative laced with Ebola from Bengazi.

20 years hard time will teach em.

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