The 4th CST

We had our last family day with the families of the 4th. We had a really fun day at Lake Point Station in Emerson. We played mini golf, laser tag, did a mirror maze and climbed. After all that we had pizza for lunch and cake for dessert. Just before eating, the unit presented David and I with an award each (my first ever) a --- and David received a ---.the unit also had a few going away gifts for us also. The NCO's gave him a huge metal 4 wall art piece ( which is very heavy) and the officers gave him a baseball bat signed by Nick Markakis and a game jersey worn by ---. Also in the shadow box were 2 signed baseballs. One was signed by all of the officers and one was signed by all of the NCO's. It was incredible! David also got a pencil drawing made by the commanders wife (Hope Thompson) and she made me a Georgia wall hanging that I LOVE! It was so sweet of the unit to send us off this way. We truly will miss them, they have been our family for the last 10 years. David got a job there as a survey team member right after he came home from his deployment. The team wanted a Russian translator, and David was that guy. He never once had the opportunity to use his Russian language skills, and we never planned on staying for to long. We saw it as a job until he could get the job he really wanted (which at the time was with a 3 letter agency). He became a  survey team leader, a medic and then the NMSO. He was able to start and complete his bachelors degree in Intelligence Studies and his Masters degree in Biology, and the 4th supported him the way. We wouldn't be on this path to medical school if we didn't get the support and encouragement we needed from his command and team. We will be forever grateful to the team, past and present for supporting us and being there for us through the joys and sorrows and trials of the last 10 years.