Sharp Dressed Man

I can't get over how good my son looks in his JROTC uniform.......just sayin!
Here are the two men in my life walking side by side......I say "men" because T is growing up so fast and really is a fine young man!

T had his annual Awards Dinner over Mother's Day weekend.  Which was great because my parents were able to be here and see first hand their awesome grandson!

It was held at the Falcon Club at the Air Force Academy as it was last year.  Same dinner, but a really good dinner as always.  We took M this year too...she was so excited to go. She adores her brother!

There are always a ton of awards to give out and so it is a long evening.  Last year, most of the awards were for 3rd and 4th years, so we figured that this year would be T's year to really rake in the honors (He is a 3rd yr)  But with each awards read, they had changed the requirements to include 2nd year, which most of the awards went to.  Let's just say that the military is VERY political, so JROTC is no different (brown-nosing is necessary most of the time) and for some reason this 3rd year class doesn't get the recognition that they all deserve.  It is heart breaking to see these great kids and see their leadership skills and because they do not suck-up to people, they get shafted.  Anyway, we were disappointed to see that T did not earn one award...and this is the kid that has gotten several awards every year and is the top cadet in his class.  Go figure???!!  We are still proud of him cuz we truly know him and know that he is a great leader!

However, at the end of the evening, they decided to announce the leadership for next year.....one by one everyone we thought would be up there was called as various officers.....except T!  The very last officer position was Group Commander....he is the main guy in charge.  The Head Honcho of all 140 or so cadets in the program....lots of responsibility and leadership........that's right.....my son is the Group Commander for his senior year.   YOU ARE AWESOME T!  They see those skills you have and we are thrilled for you.  Here is a picture of the group officers for next year......

SIDE NOTE:  A week or so after the dinner, we heard that one of the presenters of an award got lost on his way to the dinner and never made it.   T won that award....YES!