Boot Camp Graduation

(I have not finished uploading all the videos, it is taking a long time, so I will add the rest in a separate post tomorrow). Brooklyn and I flew out last Tuesday for Callen's graduation. Weds we had a family briefing at 9:00 am, then got to spend all day with him, on post. We dropped him back off at the barracks for formation. They did a little "smoking" show so we could see. When I asked Callen about it later he said it was just an easy one for the families to see. (Excuse any poor quality films... I still had a toddler to take care of...)

. !) Thursday morning we were back on base for his 9:00 am graduation. He did it! And he even spoke at the ceremony... His drill sergeants... His family. That night he had to be back once again by 8:00. They had to be in their ASUs all day. We spent the day at the hotel, swimming, going out to eat... and poor Callen even got to take a nap! First time in months. :) When we got back to the barracks, the drill sergeants had run into one of the females out of her ASUs at Walmart, so they got smoked for real. It would be so frustrating to be punished for other people's mistakes!!! But Callen is amazing and did a great job! (Notice all the banners his platoon has! They won Honor Platoon for being so amazing and winning most of the competitions!) He shipped out the next morning on a bus to Ft. Benning, about an hour from Columbus, Georgia. He spent Saturday purchasing his stuff for OCS, then Sunday at church and then last minute prep stuff for the company to start the next day. Today he got up and did PT test first thing. He is guaranteed a spot in this class as long as he passed his PT because he is a reservist. The rest of the guys had to compete for the rest of the spots. He called this evening with his address. He passed his PT test, so so far, so good. Tomorrow he has to do inventory of all his stuff. If he is missing even one thing, he gets recycled (kicked out of this company and has to wait for the next one in 3 weeks...). They also have a 3 mile company run. Once again, if he falls behind, he gets recycled. Needless to say he is very nervous about the next few days as he readjusts to new commanders and expectations. Please keep him in your prayers! He said he probably won't be able to call for a few weeks, so letters is all we have... Here we go again... (Please write him