Promotion

I was promoted to the rank of Captain this past Wednesday. It was a grandiose evening filled with handshakes, small talk and even a little BBQ spread I threw together at the last minute. A good friend of my father’s, Colonel Dan Kinsey, happens to be stationed on my base here, and I had asked him to do the formal pinning of my rank. The new rank brings no significant change to my work, but a promotion in the Army does bring an expectation of increased productivity—an expectation easily fulfilled. The PX here actually sells frozen meat and all the fixing’s. I picked up a box of 50 hotdogs for $18! While I don’t have a calculator here and have long since forgotten long-hand, we can all agree that is some cheap wieners. It turned out to be a great night, good times had by all.