Monday, June 29, 2009

Basic Military Training Graduation

Berkeley did it! 9 weeks ago he left for BMT and wow did those 2 months go slowly! Berkeley graduated from BMT on Friday June 26th and we are so proud of him. I am so happy to have him home again and be able to get back to normal life for a while.

This first video is from the coin ceremony. Upon recieval of your coin, you are no longer a trainee but an official member of the US Airforce. Airmen carry this coin with them all the time and it is an honor to have one. Berkeley is the 2nd one on the left side.


This next video is at the coin ceremony also. It is just a short clip of Berkeley giving an order.


This video is just to show how many graduates there were. Berkeley was in the top 10% of this group for academic and physical achievement.


This is a video of the ceremony held for the honor graduates. There were 670 BMT grads and only 35 honor grads. Berkeley was one of them and I am so proud of him! At this ceremony they recieved another coin.


It was SO BLIMIN' HOT in San Antonio! Asa won't take a bottle so we kept giving him little bits of water from our water bottles. It was cute to watch him try and drink from them.







7 comments:

Lexi said...

I am SO glad you guys are finally back together again!

Berk is a really amazing guy - top of his class and everything. Go Berk!

And you are an amazing mom and wife who did it solo for so long. Go Annie!

Now you just need to start planning your trip out here... Parker is waiting...

Liz and Grant said...

Yahoo! You guys did it!We're so happy you guys get to be back together, and back to regular life for a while. You totally deserve a little down time!

Karen said...

I'm so glad that you are back Berk! Can't wait to see you this weekend.

Laura said...

Congrats Berkley! It must be so nice to be together again. Asa is getting so big. I loved the video of him drinking out of a water bottle!

Fjelstrom Family said...

Yeah, Berkeley's home!! I am so gland and Congratulations Berk!! We are proud of you!

Fjelstrom Family said...

I am not really gland, but I am glad!!

Amber Monson said...

Congrats....to both of you for making it. Good job Berk.