After 100 days apart, I was too excited to see Chet again to take many pictures. Here he is, first time I saw him, coming out of Camp Rogers.
Reuniting with his baby boy.
On the morning of Ranger graduation, the instructors put on a demonstration that was really fun to watch. They showed some of the more interesting skills that the ranger regiment guys have, like:
super fast repelling
super fast cliff climbing
and repelling face down to stop midway and shoot bad guys.
They can repel out of helicopters,
then get picked up by the chopper by their packs.
They also jumped out of choppers into the water.
This is one of the graded tasks that the ranger school guys had to pass-
comando/monkey crawl out to the tab,
ask for permission to drop,
have to do a pull-up,
then drop into the water when permission is granted.
At the end of the demonstration, they buzzed past in the chopper and the boat,
then there was this huge explosion under water that rattled your insides, and left a gorgeous rainbow. It was all very exciting!
All the graduates were lined up. Chet is in the second row on the end.
This was the best part: pinning the tab on my ranger's shoulder! Yay!
A few of the guys and families got together for a dinner party that night. Congratulations guys!
On our way back home we stopped by our friends' house. The Payne's were so generous, and we love them. This is the only pic I got there though (I'm terrible at remembering to pull out the camera when we're having fun). Lyndsey and Silas were quick friends. We can't wait to meet her little one coming this spring!
What a fun/stressful/rewarding adventure we have been on. Now we're ready for the next big thing coming our way!
