Today was a GREAT day, David went from Ensign Gardner to Lieutenant JG Gardner!! Yep, it was Promotion Day meaning David has already been in the Navy for 2 years - crazy right? The time has actually gone by fairly fast and he's now halfway through his initial contract. I was able to take a day off from work and headed over to the ship (well, actually to the barge b/c the ship is still in the yards) to have the honor of pinning David! There was a great turnout of colleagues in support of his promotion and I surprisingly managed to pin him successfully without dropping a single bar - whew! David took his oath, gave a nice little speech and presto, promotion was done...time to celebrate! We decided to head over to Anthony's Fish Grotto for lunch and what a great choice that was! I had teriyaki steak and David had Red Snapper with coconut shrimp! We had a fantastic waiter who brought us a yummy ice cream cake to celebrate David's promotion! The food was amazing, the service was fantastic and the view was beautiful - we'll definitely have to go back there sometime! David's promotion day was just perfect, couldn't have gone better - enjoy the pictures!!
David taking the oath with the CO
Signing his promotion papers!
David and the CO
David and Chad
David's celebration dessert courtesy of Anthony's!
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