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My first salute was from my dad, a retired Army CW3. He said it was one of the proudest moments of his life. He carried that silver dollar in his wallet until the day he died. He died in November, and I gave the eulogy. At the end, I returned the honor, giving him his final salute. One of the hardest days of my life.

Found this on JQP's Facebook page: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20140618/NEWS/306180074/Newly-commissioned-Marine-officer-visits-sick-grandpa-first-salute Something uplifting that reminded me how special the military (and the bonds that it can create) is, despite the widespread negativity we currently deal with. It reminds me of my first salute--it was with my grandfather, a WWII vet. While he was not as ill as the gentleman in the article, he was unable to make the trek from Pennsylvania to Maxwell for my commissioning. I flew home the same day and we did the salute in my parents' driveway. Does anyone else have a good first salute story? Now if you'll excuse me, I need a tissue...

Is this the same four star who was a recent AETC CC who was a prolific author on leadership for PME readings?

If you're a UPT student, work your ass off and don't worry about how the sausage is made. Lawyer balling the mass scores or check ride grading won't get you far in life. Work hard and the details will sort themselves out

preferably the day of some FY15 Force Shaping event closeout.

Yes I was an SP at one point in my career. On another note, I have also been a Sq/CC so guilty on both charges. Some things just don't go away unfortunately, but google will also give you those form numbers if you look hard enough. I always thought it was funny when you ask someone where some base agency is located and they tell you building XXX. I have never been able to remember a building number or use them to locate an organization...to each his own I suppose. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

Please just make sure to do it between 8:00 and 1530 on a Tuesday to replicate AFPC or DTS as closely as possible. After all, it's what we are all used to.

The media has always been there for the military in our time of need. Marching in formation is a skill I hope to never have to refresh, especially for someone else's fvckup and poor policy. That said (I'm just throwing a wild-ass guess out there), I think you'll be surprised that the WSJ or any other media outlet doesn't give a sh1t about stories headlined with "military officer thinks he's marching too much". Never talk to the media.

Does this mean if a fellow squadron member is the Wing CGO of the Year that his squadron mates can also claim on their OPR that they are also the Wing CGO of the Year? Or do we only share the bad things?

Who the hell said flying was hard? Flying is the easy part, the hard part is being so damn good looking. Some people...

Should've known he'd be a half repper.