Air Force Academy

My little brother graduated at the end of May from the United States Air Force. I flew out to Colorado Springs to participate in some of the MANY ceremonies and events that went along with graduation. This was such an amazing experience for me. In Jake's class were 1005 officers graduating. All these young men and women took an oath, to up hold the constitution and protect our country. I was so proud of him for all his hard work and for choosing to protect the United States as a career. In this picture is Jake and his then fiancee, now wife Kaycee.Here he is being commissioned and becoming an officer, a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force. Some of his fan club waiting for the graduation ceremony to start. The weather was strange. We were freezing one day and hot the next.

Jake is a pilot. He had the opportunity of being one of five glider plane pilots that landed on the field during one of the ceremonies. These are small, no engine planes. They have to be towed up by a bigger plane. They are then released and the pilots have to use their knowledge of air currents to safely land the planes. Jake got married four days after graduation. Him and his wife will be stationed at an Air Force base in Oklahoma for the next two years.

I feel so blessed that I was able to have this experience. It was very patriotic. My older brother Byron was there too. It was fun spending time with two of my brothers and my parents without spouses and children. This is very rare. We had a great time.