Last night we celebrated a ceremony called "Drop Night". It's a military pilot school tradition that when they finish their final "weed out course", they have a ceremony where the Airmen find out which aircraft they will be flying and where they will be stationed! Now that is the standard for Active Duty members, but because Ryan is Air National Guard -- we stay in Tucson. ( Think of "guard" as being for the state, active duty orders are delegated is for the nation ). When they find out their assignment, they stand up on stage, their assignment is announced, they have to say old saying, and everyone in the audience cheers them and says "Here, here!", and they have to take a shot of cheap whiskey, and say "Smooooth" and then turn the shot glass upside down on their head to prove that they drank it all. It is really fun. It was exciting to see the looks on the faces of the Active Duty guys when they got their assignment. Everyo...
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