Introducing Major Turner

In July of 2017, Josh was selected to become a Major in the Air Force.  His coworkers decorated his office and pinned paper oak leaves on his uniform.

On January 31st of this year, we held his promotion ceremony in the expansion bay of the Misawa Med Group.  It is not a fancy room, but it is large and convenient for those who work there.  Josh had the official party wear the blue uniform instead of the every day working uniform.  It is more formal which I like.   I had purchased a blue table cloth, Congratulations banner, and Air Force paper products.  I dyed rice in red, white, and blue and put it in jars with an American Flag for centerpieces.  I also wrapped water bottles in Air Force paper.  The decorations at least showed some extra effort. We served Phada's Thai to the guests after the ceremony.
 

Major Waggoner and Major Farnsworth, officators

I sang the National Anthem, the kids and I helped pin on his actual oak leaves. Major Waggoner, Josh's flight commander, presented Josh with his rank advancement and gave a nice speech about Josh and all of his accomplishments thus far in the military.  Josh spoke about all the people that had helped him along his way to Major.  On February 1st, 2018, Josh officially held the rank of Major.  We are all proud of him and this was a thrilling day for us all.