"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Congratulations and now I feel older
Older son pins on gold oak leaves as a Lieutenant Commander.
Gee, it seems like yesterday when my father pinned on gold oak leaves as an Air Force major and only shortly after that I was wearing the 2 1/2 stripes myself.
I imagine you feel about like I did when it dawned on me that the Warrant Officer and Senior Chief who worked for me were in Kindergarten when I joined the service and everyone else in the Division hadn't even been born yet. Of course that happened almost 25 years ago. :-)
Older son pins on gold oak leaves as a Lieutenant Commander.
I imagine you feel about like I did when it dawned on me that the Warrant Officer and Senior Chief who worked for me were in Kindergarten when I joined the service and everyone else in the Division hadn't even been born yet. Of course that happened almost 25 years ago. :-)
ReplyDeleteBZ to your son, and I guess we can now truly call you "the ol'man" !;-})
ReplyDeleteAch, and we lose another great LT to the other side. . .
ReplyDeleteSeriously, BZs to all of you. You have a great family tradition. . .