Zach’s Big Day…

Zach was sworn in to the Air National Guard today at 10:00 this morning. It was amazing… Colonel Mike McEnulty, the 139th Air Lift Wing Commander, did the swearing in. Before the swearing in he talked to Zach about what an elite group he was joining… The United State Military… has a 90% approval rating… compared to our President… that’s quite a difference. He told Zach that less the 1% of the population of the United States are members of the elite group… and that they are a noble tenacious group.

This is a picture of the Colonel congratulating Zach after the swearing in.

This is picture of Zach with his immediate commanders in the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron. This is where Zach will be working after boot camp and tech school… the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron. It is a fairly new structure, with very up to date technology. We were given a guided tour of the base by the Colonel… it was awesome!

Here’s the whole family with Zach right after the swearing in… I’m pretty sure I still had a tear in my eye. I was so very proud of him. (somehow we missed getting Jacob in a picture… we failed)

Zach’s sweetie, Jenni, attended the ceremony with us… She was just as teary eyed as me. It was awesome to see how proud she was too.

Grandpa and Auntie Lynn attended the ceremony also… poor sweet Phyllis was sick, sick all the night before and was unable to attend. I’m so sorry she was not able to be there… I know she was looking forward to it and we so wanted her to be there. I am sure that Zach’s grandparents that have passed on were very proud of him and were there with us watching on as he took this step towards his future. It was a great day for Zach and we were so happy to be a part of it.