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traditions question
So I have a friend who is commissioning into the Air Force as a social worker soon, and she was wondering about different commissioning/Air Force traditions. I know some, but I'm not sure which ones are like USAFA specific or general to all officers, and DH is out in the field so I can't ask him til he gets back.
One I know is giving a silver dollar to the first person to salute you, what else can y'all give me/her?
Also, related, I want to get her something to celebrate her commissioning, any suggestions on a gift?
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Re: traditions question
well there might not be? IDK, I told her I would check...
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Usually the person getting commissioned will get to pick who reads their commissioning oath. It can be any officer from any service, so if she has a parent/ friend, sibling, or mentor, then this person can read her oath for her. This is pretty awesome :-)
Also, the commissionee can pick friends and family members to "pin on" her new rank (one on each shoulder, and on on her hat). It can be as many people as she wants, and makes for a great photo op. This is a fun way to involve people who can't actually read her the oath.
As far as gifts, the best commissioning gift I got was a set of formal "mess dress" rank shoulder boards from my grandparents. These are kind of expensive (about $40/set), but get used a LOT. This is also something that's fun to pass down form person to person, but remember that they are gender-specific so your husband's old shoulder boards won't fit.
I can't really think of other gifts -- except maybe a nice card.
That's a great idea!
She's got all those things covered I believe (her pastor is prior mil, and he is reading her oath, and her parents are doing her rank, her dad was enlisted)
Maybe I'll take some really good pictures of the ceremony and make her a calandar or card or some memory thing out of that... hmmm
The shoulder boards are a good idea, I dont know if she has those taken care of or not.
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One of DH's "mentor" LT's gave him these before he left for OTS, as well as the little gold bar pins. I'm trying to think of other traditions but I can't think of any more that haven't been mentioned already.
For DH's commissioning I'm getting him a nice watch, but that may be a little too personal or pricey to give to a friend.
I have nothing else to contribute to the question, but I did want to recommend a website for her to visit: http://www.airforceots.com/portal/index.php
I assume she will be going to COT if she's a social worker. I found lots of useful information on these message boards when I was getting ready to attend. Make sure she knows to lurk lurk lurk first and post an intro prior to posting any questions.
*goes back into my MN lurkdom*
thanks. She will be going to COT, and mentioned that she has been lurking around some boards about it, but I will pass this along to her just in case.
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I wasn't around for H's commissioning, so I don't really know. I never really asked about it. He's not really into traditions, anyway. I don't think any of his family was there since we had graduated college the week before, and they had jobs to go back to. I do know that his mom pinned his wings, though.
The shoulder boards are a really good suggestion. It continues as a nice gift, too. H just received them from a coworker, even though the promotion lists don't come out for awhile, b/c the coworker just promoted out of the rank H will hopefully be. That's $60 just to change rank on one uniform. How much use you get out of it depends on where you are.