proud daddy... :)
rylee had her sea cadet (the Navy youth leadership program) banquet saturday march 22,2025
she commanded the color guard (as she has since last summer). hopefully one of the fathers will get me video of the color guard and rifle squad coming in. it was pretty damn cool.
she won 3rd place in the toast master speech contest. coming in top three means she has to get up in front of everyone and give the speech. first place won $300 and 2nd and 3rd place got $100 so she walked out with 100 bucks. not bad.
being LPO (lead petty officer) she had to call the cadets and alumni up and lead them in reciting the sailors creed. that was pretty cool.
she was also awarded sea cadet of the year for her unit. that surprised her. the kid got a lot thrown on her and sacrificed a ton of time for sea cadets so all that work paid off for her. . I'm not sure how she does it all to be honest.
then jamie won the basket with the good booze in it that she wanted. lol.
in school she built a horse shoe flag for the silent auttion at the banquet it brought in $150 i believe. the guy who bought it loved it and it was going to hung in his bar area.
all in all it was a pretty good night. all of the cadets looked and did great. lots of high ranking retired military had nothing but great things to say about the unit. i gotta say, all you hear about these days is how pathetic the younger generation is. let me tell you, thats just not true. like a Vietnam era Marine told me last night while praising the cadets, if you are looking for the bad all you'll see is the bad. now that makes a lot of sense and refreshing to hear.
rylee had her sea cadet (the Navy youth leadership program) banquet saturday march 22,2025
she commanded the color guard (as she has since last summer). hopefully one of the fathers will get me video of the color guard and rifle squad coming in. it was pretty damn cool.
she won 3rd place in the toast master speech contest. coming in top three means she has to get up in front of everyone and give the speech. first place won $300 and 2nd and 3rd place got $100 so she walked out with 100 bucks. not bad.
being LPO (lead petty officer) she had to call the cadets and alumni up and lead them in reciting the sailors creed. that was pretty cool.
she was also awarded sea cadet of the year for her unit. that surprised her. the kid got a lot thrown on her and sacrificed a ton of time for sea cadets so all that work paid off for her. . I'm not sure how she does it all to be honest.
then jamie won the basket with the good booze in it that she wanted. lol.
in school she built a horse shoe flag for the silent auttion at the banquet it brought in $150 i believe. the guy who bought it loved it and it was going to hung in his bar area.
all in all it was a pretty good night. all of the cadets looked and did great. lots of high ranking retired military had nothing but great things to say about the unit. i gotta say, all you hear about these days is how pathetic the younger generation is. let me tell you, thats just not true. like a Vietnam era Marine told me last night while praising the cadets, if you are looking for the bad all you'll see is the bad. now that makes a lot of sense and refreshing to hear.