In all of the military promotion and retirement ceremonies I attended while I was in the military I would hear people say that they could not have done it without the help and support of their spouse…and you know I would sit there and think that the spouse probably had nothing to do with it, the guy was probably just trying to earn some brownie points by recognizing their wife. I guess while I was enlisted I never really thought what spouses went through. I remember constantly doing orders for people who were going TDY, many for the same people over and over again. I never ever thought about who they were leaving at home. Since I have left the military and Jon has progressed further into his career, there have been moments where I hated the military for taking so much of my husband from me, moments where I wished he was a slacker and he would just come home instead of staying at work to make sure all his guys were taken care of and off the flight line. It’s not easy to share my husband with the military, but you know at the end of the day I am here for him and he is here for me. So, yes honey congratulations on making MSgt and you know damn well who you have to thank for it too!