Friday, September 11, 2009

Boatswain's A-School Graduation

"Colors" parade. All the students in formation in their various classes. Yorktown teaches most of the Coast Guard trades, or rates.



Most of the students are in their ODU's (ordinary dress uniforms). You can see the graduating class in their trops with their white tops standing front and center.

Nathan marching from the parade square to the graduation reception, where they served a continental breakfast and had some short speeches/presentations.




Nathan's favorite person at A school, BM1 Lisa Pillips, who was in charge of the class. She was well-loved among all the students. They all pitched in to get her a gift, and they wrote a letter of comendation that will go in her file.
After graduation, we hit the dusty trail! It was a good trip. Long, indeed, but lots of fun. It was nice to have countless hours to visit with Nathan after not seeing him for 13 long weeks.

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