Nathan called me last night, SO excited, to tell me that the base commander (big dog on campus) had stopped by his post for the first time since he arrived at Manas. That's a big deal, apparently. Stand and salute and you must offer to brief him on your post, which means describe your job- backward and forward in perfect military detail, which takes quite a while. You only have to offer and the norm is he says no. Well... of course, as luck would have it, when Nathan offered, the commander said YES.
Because Nathan is awesome at his job, he kept his composure and briefed his commander. He said that he even surprised himself, he did it so well. It requires a LOT of studying, considering you work several different posts throughout the week and are required to know the briefings of each one at all times, just in case (knowing that you rarely have to present them). When it was over, the commander (whose hands had been behind his back) went to shake Nathan's hand, when he did, he placed a "Commander's Coin" in Nathan's hand and told him he was very impressed with him :) Apparently, this is a huge honor and no one from Nathan's unit has received one. Nath was SOOO excited and I am SO dang proud of him!!
Commander stayed to chat for a few mins, asking where he was from and was pleased to hear he was from Tennessee. He says he likes it here except for 2 hours out of the year (he's a GA Bulldogs fan!). Nathan had to go back to work right away, and we could only talk long enough for him to tell me the good news, but I couldn't be happier for him!!
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