{"id":1348,"date":"2011-09-03T22:34:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T05:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.14.234.116\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2012-06-19T08:56:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T15:56:20","slug":"has-reposed-special-trust-and-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"…has reposed special trust and confidence…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Effective 1 September, I got promoted to Major.\u00a0 I pinned on Friday, after Mom and Dad made it into Phoenix Thursday night.\u00a0 It was a small ceremony, given that it was a training holiday, but even so I had a bunch of folks from work show up:
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There is seriously no way I could have made it to where I am without people like this to work with.\u00a0 ‘Potential to serve in the higher grade’ should really read “potential to not annoy the people that work for\/with you”, because any good officer has a myriad of people who have helped \/ pushed \/ dragged them to where they are.\u00a0 To all of you who came, and all of you out there possibly reading this: You know who you are.\u00a0 You have my most humble thanks for helping me to suck less.\u00a0 You have all pushed me a long, long way.<\/p>\n

I was really glad Kelly, Mom, and Dad could all be there.\u00a0 LTC Fisher was gracious enough to say a few words, and as always, I hope I can uphold the standard as a freshly minted field-grade officer.<\/p>\n

Attention to orders:
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Kelly and mom did my shoulderboards, and dad pinned my beret:
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I hope I can keep making them proud.
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The first thing I did as a Major was promptly end up at a loss for words, which those of you who read this know is nigh-on impossible.
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Here are the words I should have had, and will continue to have for all of the people who helped me get here: Thank you.
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