The 1st Hail and Farewell




Lisa, Tovar and me

 



Picture worth 1,000 laughs

The most admirable leader, Col McNeill

I know I've been writing a lot about the tragedies in the unit but tonight or complaints about how jacked up things are here but tonight I want to write about something completely different and upbeat.  We had our first Hail and Farewell.  The NutMed people put it on and decorated their unit beautifully.  Everything was like a winter wonderland, all blue and silvery.  They had some food and near beer.  There was karoke, cake, spring rolls and a really good time.  Being there made me think about all the wonderful times I had at Edwards going to the different functions and the interaction of people.  It made me remember one of the reasons I wanted the join the Air Force in the first place, the camaraderie.  Tovar and I sang into a bottle, Col McNeill laughed a lot and everyone except Katie seemed to have forgotten about work for just a moment.  There were some folks dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and a few of the guys got up and sang to "Big Butts".  Earlier in the evening I was siting across from the anesthesiologist.  He opened a beer for someone and no kidding the lid flew into my eye and splashed beer all over my hair and face!  It was a classic you-tube moment!  It took me saying to this person, "That's okay, God saw fit to give me another eye" before he realized what he did.  This is the Air Force that I remember and love.



NutMed Transformed to a winter wonderland