“..In recognition and appreciation of their role in supporting “their” individual citizen-soldier and the efforts of the Army National Guard as a whole.”

‘Tis a fancy little pin, eh? I have a medal, too, which oh my goodness, has to be bigger than an olympic medal. I’m not sure but wow. It’s big. Now we’ll be needing a display case for the honors, ribbons, certificates, plaques, medals etc. that we’ve received since he went back on active duty.

It was really hot yesterday, especially in the Armory where everyone was gathered. Here’s a small sampling of the “Where’s Waldo” game we get to play. This is just one platoon out of 4, the place was just crawling with cammies.

The pinning ceremony was scheduled so much earlier than the rest of the events that we just couldn’t hang out for everything. It was hot, the three of us being sick and all, it had spanned across the noon hour and we were all hungry and needed our medicines. Pitiful bunch aren’t we? At one point Mark but his hand on my head and I was dripping sweat but cold and clammy. Yeah, time for us to go.

I have a few more pics to share if you’d like to see them…

There you go. We’re going to have to start shopping for a case or something, otherwise all of this will end up put on shelves out of view. I’ve been wanting to create something to hold his Purple Heart (and “stuff”) and have it displayed by that portrait I painted of him in uniform, now we need something a little bigger I think!

He was also offered a really great opportunity yesterday that he’s considering, I’m not sure how long it will be before any action is taken on that should he decide to accept it, but I’ll let ya know. I’m all excited for him about it!!