I will not be calling him ‘Lieutenant’

Our #2 Son has just graduated from officer's training school, and here he is in his fancy duds getting his bars pinned on by his mommy.

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Next, he's heading off to Fort Knox for a while. He has been instructed to bring back souvenirs.

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