One of our lady auxiliary members, Lisa, who happens to be a soldier in real life, reenlisted today. She asked if she could do it on horseback down in front of our stable area. She was also promoted to Sergeant First Class after signing away the rest of her life to the Army. After we got tacked up and positioned in front of the Troop office, a large number of vehicles began to show up. We had no idea the Lisa was so popular. We couldn't help but notice that there were more people there to watch Lisa get promoted than usually show up for our performances.
After the promotion ceremony, which was accomplished on the ground, Lisa mounted up on Duke and faced our Troop commander to perform the reenlistment. They were in their Army Combat Uniforms while the rest of us were in cavalry uniforms. I was selected to hold the American flag during the reenlistment ceremony. I thought this was quite an honor until I realized that they had to stretch the flag out during the ceremony which meant it covered my face. According to our First Sergeant this was intentional.
The oath of office was sworn too and then Frank, our Troop commander made some remarks. The remarks were very complimentary. Frank mentioned how Lisa had come to his company to give instruction to his young soldiers and apparently did a good job of handling them. Unfortunately, all his young troops were privates and so Frank said something to the effect that Lisa had done a great job of "handling his privates." Naturally, this became the topic of discussion after the ceremony and quickly spread throughout the stables. We were all interested in this statement and no doubt it will come up again.
Very funny post, albeit with serious intent!
ReplyDeleteHow cool is that? My husband is really jealous. We had his promotion in a conference room.
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