Not sure why I love doing this...
Former cadet in 1995.
(http://www.jacksonvillesquadron.org/images/colin_gear.jpg)
....12 years later a (then LT) Captain and just completed SFAS...
(http://www.jacksonvillesquadron.org/images/colin_in_iraq.jpg)
Love that "AA".
I'm currently listening to an audiobook: "Beyond Band of Brothers" by Dick Winters. Just had a discussion this morning that if the Army had taught more tradition, especially on how the 82nd came about and the role it played in WWII, when I was on AD, the retention rate may have been higher in the early 90's.
There's something to really be proud of Kirt. I love seeing the happy ending pictures as much as you love posting them. ;D
Wait, there's more....
A cadet captain in 1997....
(http://www.jacksonvillesquadron.org/images/tom_agos.jpg)
A PJ in 2007...
(http://www.jacksonvillesquadron.org/images/tom_next_to_gater..jpg)
Darn, that boy looks "hard" in that 2nd photo. (which is the way our LTs should be, especially if you're gonna be an Airborne infantry platoon leader!)
(IIRC, isn't he a Ranger School grad?)
Quote from: NIN on December 01, 2008, 07:17:18 PM
(IIRC, isn't he a Ranger School grad?)
Not just grad, but honor grad. Not sure why he isn't wearing his tab there.
BTW, he followed in his brother's footsteps. His brother was also a Mitchell Cadet, PJOC graduate, USMA grad, Ranger, and SF... This guy just completed SFAS and is on his way to the next phase of his career.
And one final then and now...
A highly motivated cadet in 2000, following in her dad's and two older brother's footsteps as Mitchell cadets...
(http://www.jacksonvillesquadron.org/images/megan.jpg)
And here she is earning her wings as a USMA cadet in 2007....
(http://www.jacksonvillesquadron.org/images/off_the_dz_small.jpg)
They grow up so fast :'(