2, NOV, 2012 FROM NAVSTA GREAT LAKES RTC

GREETINGS ..ATTENDED PIR FOR GREG JR. TODAY.. I'M STILL SKY HIGH. THE

SAILORS WERE SHARP AS TACKS IN BOTH THEIR DRESS AND DRILL SKILLS.

NAVY BAND WAS FANTASTICK AS WELL AS THE SILENT DRILL TEAM. SHARP,

REAL SHARP, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN COACHED BY THE USMC SILENT DRILL

TEAM (LOL)  REALLY, THEY WERE ON POINT. MY SON LOOKED GREAT. I CAN'T

BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE FLOOD OF EMOTIONS I WAS FEELING. AWESOME.

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER? WHAT CAN I SAY OTHER THAN I USED UP A

BOX OF TISSUES BEFORE THE SONG WAS OVER. THE FEMALE SAILOR WHO

SANG IT, LET'S JUST SAY I HAVEN'T HEARD IT SUNG WITH MORE PATRIOTISM

AND PRIDE IN A LONG TIME...I LOVED IT !!!.. TO THOSE GETTING READY TO

ATTEND, THINK OF WHAT YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE, THEN MULTIPLY

THAT BY 10...YOU'LL STILL FALL SHORT..I DID

SO ANCHORS WEIGH TO ALL THE NEW SAILORS AND ALL OUR ARMED FORCES

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE. THERE IS A NATION OF PEOPLE

WHO SLEEP WELL, KNOWING THE NAVY AND THE REST OF OUR ARMED SERVICES

ARE STANDING WATCH

GOD BLESS AMERICA.........................GREGORY FINLEY SR.