Me and My Boys: Georgia Day 7

Friday was hubby's graduation from Airborne school. I was so glad that I was able to make the trip down with C to watch hubby jump and see him graduate.

This was before the ceremony started and we were just milling around. The company was marching by and we were searching for hubby. Apparantley he thought we looked like creepers with all our crazy camera-ready staring so he hollered at us to get our attention.

C spent lots of time racing around these sidewalks before we found a spot on the bleachers. I think he looks like such a big kid in these pictures. :(

The Silver Wings did a jump demonstration and it was really neat!

This is obviously a different kind of jump than what hubby did. It's called halo (high altitude low opening) where they jump from much higher up, free fall before pulling their chutes, and have much smoother landings. ;) Their parachutes are steerable so they pretty much just walked onto the ground right in between the bleachers.

The ceremony is starting. This was one of my favorite parts where they all marched over singing cadence.

Hubby was in the front row! (I told him it made up for being one of the last jumpers almost every time) He's the 4th one from the left if you don't count the jump master in the black hat.

They "opened ranks" or in civilian terms "spread out" so family members would have room to come down and pin their wings on.

It was really neat to be able to pin his wings on and actually share a part of this whole experience with him. I am so proud of my soldier. He works hard and he's good at what he does. I know he was happy to get to go to Airborne school, happy to graduate, and most of all, happy all of his chutes opened!!!

After the ceremony I walked across the field and took some pictures of the training areas. These are mainly for hubby so he can remember what he went through. :) But, feel free to keep scrolling down.