{"id":1429,"date":"2012-09-16T23:14:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T04:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2012-09-16T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T04:15:09","slug":"lieutenant-colonel-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/09\/lieutenant-colonel-mom.html","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant Colonel Mom…."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Perhaps you’re a little confused here? These are Civil War-era Union Army Lieutenant Colonel shoulder marks. They might provide some insight to why those “oak leaves” we wear now are called that, even though I’ve never seen an oak tree with leaves shaped like the modern-day rank.<\/p><\/div>\n

So I wrote a post 363 days ago about how I had received a notification for promotion about 390 days ago<\/a>. \u00a0In that post I also promised not to change the name of my blog…<\/p>\n

But who’s counting the days now?<\/p>\n

On September 1st the promotion went into effect.<\/p>\n

While for those on active duty it’s usually a very elegant affair complete with a re-affirmation of the original commissioning oath of office, a fun “pinning on” with the family and catered meals (in fact, I had the\u00a0privilege\u00a0of attending a very nice promotion ceremony for a colleague who became a Colonel on September 1st), for us reservists it’s more quiet. I will be flying to Nebraska later this week to perform some duty days and will be in my new digs. \u00a0Well, the same old digs with new oak leaves sewn on.<\/p>\n

I don’t feel any different, and the job I’m doing isn’t going to change as a result. \u00a0The AF Reserves are special that way…<\/p>\n

I am WAY behind on posts in general, I plan to write about Dragon*Con and Jacob’s birthday this week. \u00a0Thanks for your patience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I wrote a post 363 days ago about how I had received a notification for promotion about 390 days ago. \u00a0In that post I also promised not to change the name of my blog… But who’s counting the days now? On September 1st the promotion went into effect. While for those on active duty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[622,13,316,315],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-n3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":649,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/09\/ground-control-to-lieutenant-colonel-mom.html","url_meta":{"origin":1429,"position":0},"title":"Ground Control to Lieutenant Colonel Mom???","date":"19 September 11","format":false,"excerpt":"No, it isn't working for me either. \u00a0I'll keep the title as is, okay?Greetings from Nebraska. \u00a0I've been on Reserve duty for the past week. \u00a0I hadn't been here since May, so it was nice to see my colleagues and meet several new faces in my office. 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