Last Friday, VAW-115 had its official Change of Command ceremony where the Executive Officer (XO) becomes the Commanding Officer (CO) and the CO hits the road. I attended the ceremony in support of the wives and family members that I have gotten to know- like the new CO's Wife (COW).
Glenn just has to stand in the back at attention and try not to pass out (he succeeded). The ceremony had the best of all military attention and detail. The hangar floor had been scrubbed, the planes were lined up and shiny. And then they opened the hangar doors.
First, the temperature dropped 30 degrees inside the hangar which made me, in my dress, instantly regret that decision. Second, it made the hanging flags completely distracting. They went from hanging like this-
To practically knocking the cover (hat) off the admiral and commodore on stage-
At least it made a simple military ceremony a little more entertaining for those of us sitting in the back. :)
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