I had the honor of being a First Salute for the pinning of a 2nd Lieutenant officer of the Wisconsin National Guard this past Saturday. Our very own Jennifer McFall went from the ranks of Non Commissioned Officer to Officer through a grueling 18 month course that treated her like a Private. A Private is the noob in the Army and it is not any fun at all (at all). Anyways, her first choice was unavailable and guess who was her second choice, me. Honored.  I remember when I first met Jennifer, a Saturday 9:15am class and Jennifer was cleaning and jerking. She was a little rough around the edges but she didn’t care she was going to smooth those edges even if it killed her and a few times it nearly did. (kidding, kind of:) Over the last year and a half it’s been a fun ride training, mentoring, yelling at her (you need to yell at the officer canidates as much as possible before they commission where you can no longer yell at them), yelling at her kids and watching her through the entire OCS process. Long story short, it was an absolute honor to be 2nd LT. McFall’s First Salute because in my eyes that girl earned it, from getting literally beaten up at Officer Candidate School to crushing workouts and fixing her shit at CFGB.  As soon as I get that picture of The Salute you will all see it when you walk in to CFGB near one of our American flags hanging around the place. Oh and I even got paid for it with a silver dollar. Congratulations McFall!

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