Derek Takes the Oath

Dani, 2nd Lieutenant with the U.S. Air Force flew in from Florida to swear her brother into the Navy. What a truly special moment that was, I'll never forget it.

Derek just called about 20 minutes ago, he's landed safely at O'Hare. He's got a 45 min shuttle ride to the boot camp. They told him he probably won't be able to sleep much outside of a few cat naps here and there until 10pm tomorrow night. He knows it's going to be a tough 9 weeks, the first week being the hardest. We don't know when we will here from him again. I do know that he will be able to come home for Christmas.