Lieutenant No Longer
As previously mentioned (and shamelessly emailed to all members of our families) Trevor was promoted in early September. And for our friends and family...here are pictures of the ceremony at which that happened. Special thanks to 1Lt. Louis Anthony for manning the camera.
10:00 a.m.
Meet in the parlor area of the
third floor of DIA Building, where flags, chairs and a podium have been
set out. People are asked to come to order, and Trevor snubs Lauri ann by
sitting not in the empty seat next to her...but 4 seats down, next to his boss.
(something we should know about, dears???)
Lieutenant Lowell Wilson
reads
a welcome and recognizes Lauri ann in the audience area, strangely enough Trevor
has moved (really fast) to the empty seat, and now everyone can see them sitting
amiably together, as it is said that she will aid Captain Salvagnini in pinning
on the new Captain insignia.
10:15 a.m.
Captain
David Salvagnini says a few words extolling the merits of Captain-hood
(any relation to Captain Hook? Robin Hood?), and
Trevor's meritorious rise to that rank. The words were well chosen and
brought to the fore the importance of being an officer. The respect that
Trevor is held in is obvious, both by the sincerity of the words, and the
presence of the other attendees.
Lauri
ann is invited to the front, and the new
insignia is affixed to the jacket shoulders--Is
Trevor really wearing full Class A's with a jacket in THIS heat?
Trevor
reaffirms his oath of service, and is sworn in. It's
Trevor's turn to talk, and in true Abell fashion,
the dashing young officer credits his co-workers and his staff as the driving
force behind his success and then stammers around for the words to say that he's
quite speechless, as usual.
10:40 a.m.
It takes a
good 40 minutes for the rest of the attendees including
David Lester to return to their offices.
This isn't so bad, cause Lauri ann gets to meet people that she's heard of (if
only in passing) and eventually Trevor and Lauri ann retire to the officer's
club for lunch. Trevor does NOT get the rest of the day off
(It was Friday, too), but it was a good
morning...and it meant so much that we were able to do this
together.
Picture Captions in purple