We had a very exciting Friday morning around here....after many bumps in the road, Bud finally graduated EOD school! He is officially an EOD tech, and has his badge to prove it. He keeps staring at it as if someone is going to take it away, I don't think it has completely sunk in yet that he is DONE!
Not only did he graduate, but he graduated as the honor grad. He finished school with a GPA of 95.4%, which is incredible. During the ceremony, he was brought up in front of the group while the CO of the school talked about what it meant to be honor grad. In order to be eligible for honor grad, you have to have never failed a test twice. Very few people do this, of Bud's class of 13 only 4 were up for honor grad because everyone else had failed at least one test twice. Before the CO presented him with the certificate, he said "Whoever this Marine belongs to should come up and take some pictures, because this is something to be extremely proud of." He apparently wasn't paying attention to the crazy lady (aka me) who had already been sitting to side taking pictures the whole time he talked. :)
We are so excited to be moving soon and Bud can not wait to get to work and start learning more. We have a lot to look forward to! Here are a few pictures from the ceremony and after...
Getting pinned!
His badge...they call it a "crab". Bud tells me it looks like a crab, my non-creative, black and white mind does not see it.
Bud and the CO of school, getting his honor grad certificate.
Bud and his dad.
Our Little Family Claire and I are so proud of you, Bud!
Awesome pics, congrats Bud!!
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