2LT Holker

Aaron graduated from OCS (Officer Candidate School) on June 25th and is now officially a 2nd Lieutenant! We are so proud of him. He worked really hard over the past three months and placed 4th out of 200 people... way to go love!!!

He has been in the military 5 1/2 years now. Prior to OCS, he was enlisted. He was an E6, or staff sergeant. Now that he is an officer, he is more "on track" to do the military for a career. Officers get their commission one of three ways: graduating from West Point, going through ROTC at a university, or OCS. Aaron will have to complete his degree (he has 1-2 semesters left) before becoming a Captain (in about 3 years.) We are really excited for this change! It also means a nice increase in pay :)

Here are some pictures from our trip to Georgia:





Here's the video from his ceremony... I cut off the "2nd Lieutenant" before his name, oops!