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My oldest son Rich had his 30 year retirement ceremony from the Navy on June 20 and the wife and I along with our 2 dogs made the trip to Washington state to attend.
Made a side trip to Sequoia, BIG trees
Then on to Yosemite
After that we beat feet over to the 5 drone-way and got to Washington, my son's place on Whidbey Island, dogs loved it with lots of room to roam
The ceremony was held at the CPO club and was quite a big deal, I knew our son was respected by his fellow enlisted but had no idea how much by the officers he served under, even had Captain Shay in attendance who is the Electronic Attack Wing U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander and he had nothing but good things to say about our son.
Parading of the Colors
Commander Chris Middleton, Commanding officer of VAQ-129
Captain Shay
Our son is the second from the right, looks like a little kid but he's 48, must be the good air in the Pacific NorthWest
They did the Flag Passing Ceremony which is quite moving, look it up on google
And then our son presented the Flag to his mom and me in honor of my dad who is no longer with us, it was all I could do to not break down and cry as this was was an unexpected honor.
Lots of awards and certificates from every living President that he served under during his 30 years, wife and I even received certificates which was another honor.
Group photo, the blue uniform is my grandson who is Air Force.
Just had to post this as my wife and I are so proud of our son that we could just burst:thumbup:
Jerry
Made a side trip to Sequoia, BIG trees
Then on to Yosemite
After that we beat feet over to the 5 drone-way and got to Washington, my son's place on Whidbey Island, dogs loved it with lots of room to roam
The ceremony was held at the CPO club and was quite a big deal, I knew our son was respected by his fellow enlisted but had no idea how much by the officers he served under, even had Captain Shay in attendance who is the Electronic Attack Wing U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander and he had nothing but good things to say about our son.
Parading of the Colors
Commander Chris Middleton, Commanding officer of VAQ-129
Captain Shay
Our son is the second from the right, looks like a little kid but he's 48, must be the good air in the Pacific NorthWest
They did the Flag Passing Ceremony which is quite moving, look it up on google
And then our son presented the Flag to his mom and me in honor of my dad who is no longer with us, it was all I could do to not break down and cry as this was was an unexpected honor.
Lots of awards and certificates from every living President that he served under during his 30 years, wife and I even received certificates which was another honor.
Group photo, the blue uniform is my grandson who is Air Force.
Just had to post this as my wife and I are so proud of our son that we could just burst:thumbup:
Jerry