Over the weekend, we celebrated his birthday with lunch at our favorite BBQ joint. Jip opened his presents from us and tinkered in the garage a good part of the day. I think it was just the amount of hoopla (virtually none) for him.
But, we need to have SOME hoopla, right? So, I'm sharing a couple more items from his time as acting Commanding Officer.
Being acting CO around Veterans' Day not only means you get to be in the local parade, but it means you get to host the base ceremony as well. Here are a few pics that the shipyard posted on FB:
And, no guarantees the link will work, but here is the post about the ceremony: https://www.facebook.com/NorfolkNavalShipyard1/posts/10156181442837799?__tn__=K-R. If the link doesn't work, just search for Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) and scroll down. (The post was made on December 11.)
Jip also got to do a radio interview while acting CO. It's a fun listen--about 20 minutes. Enjoy Jip's answer about how much paint is on a ship! Here's the page from the Federal News Network. Go to the page and then you should be able to just click the play button in the shaded box near the top of the page. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/navy-2018/2018/11/navys-oldest-shipyard-prepa
This week is full of meals with friends and colleagues. At the end of the week, the kids will be running in a 1K and Jip will be running in a 5 miler. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather. Hopefully we'll get out to see some Xmas lights and maybe do a few other things. As always, pics to come. Until next time, cheers!
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