Friday, April 1, 2011

End of an Era, Beginning of an Adventure

On Monday, March 21st Mike was honored at a retirement ceremony for over 40 years of service to the 23rd Army Band.  It was an amazing and very humbling affair where I learned that my DH has the admiration and respect of everyone from the new E3s in his unit up to the Adjutant General of the state.  And there was cake.


Short History of Mike in the Military:



"The Wig"

Summer Camp at Camp Williams sometime in the 70s.
1986 with Lucas and Anna
Retirement Ceremony Major General Tarbet awards Mike the Meritorious Service Medal.
Retirement is just a long car drive away.
Two Old Fossils ready for a new adventure!

2 comments:

April Celeste Garff said...

Congrats Mike!!! BTW, totally LOVE the old photos, especially the first one and the one with Anna and Lucas as toddlers.

Andrea said...

congratulations to mike and to you! that is a major accomplishment!