heppnerguy Posted January 6, 2016 Report Posted January 6, 2016 I have a grandson who is in the Army and over the holidays, I was able to have breakfast with him. He is a captain and is very enthused about 'all he can be'. He has gone to jump school, ranger school, special forces school, jump master school, pathfinder school and several others that I can not even remember. At each school, he achieved extremely high marks and was always in the top 10 in his classes. I am very proud of him and his accomplishments and I would not be surprised if some day he was promoted to general. Not many make it that far, even with 30 years in the service but he is on 6 years into his military carrier and already is a company commander. Anyway, I ask him, of all the awards he has earned and all the schools he has gone through, which one was the one that gave him the most feeling of accomplishment. He replied, that is was the pathfinder school that he was most proud of finishing. He told me only a small number of those in the school were able to finish it. So he showed me the symbol of the pathfinder, on line and when I got home on Tuesday, I Googled the pathfinder logo and made this plaque for him. I put it in the mail about an hour ago and he should have it by the weekend. I made this piece out of Alder. I would have liked to have had a contrasting background wood but it was the only piece of wood I had that was big enough so I used it. I did not want to stain it so I just mounted the symbol as it was Dick heppnerguy Lucky2 and Fab4 2 Quote
Ron Johnson Posted January 6, 2016 Report Posted January 6, 2016 Must take after his grandfather. Your grandson deserves a lot of credit and yes I would be proud of a grandson like that as well. Beautiful work Dick. Your grandson will be honoured. Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted January 6, 2016 Report Posted January 6, 2016 Very nice work, Dick!....I have never met him and I am proud of him!....He will love it! Quote
Gordster Posted January 6, 2016 Report Posted January 6, 2016 Great work Dick, another award he will be proud of for sure. Quote
DWSUDEKUM Posted January 6, 2016 Report Posted January 6, 2016 Excellently done Dick. He is going to be very pleased with this. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote
LarryEA Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 What a great way to keep bonding with your grandson. Well done. Quote
Dave Monk Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 He will always remember you. dave Quote
Young_Scroller Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 beautiful work, he will love it, thanks for sharing Quote
Fish Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 That's sharp! He is going to love it. I'm sure he gets his strength from you. Quote
wombatie Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 He will be over the moon with his gift. He will be equally as proud of your achievement I am sure, it looks great Dick. Marg Quote
kywoodmaster Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 Looks great. You have every right to be proud of him. Thank him for his service. Quote
bobscroll Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 I'm sure He will treasure that plaque forever Dick, You did a perfect job on the project! Thank you for letting us see, Bob Quote
amazingkevin Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 I have a grandson who is in the Army and over the holidays, I was able to have breakfast with him. He is a captain and is very enthused about 'all he can be'. He has gone to jump school, ranger school, special forces school, jump master school, pathfinder school and several others that I can not even remember. At each school, he achieved extremely high marks and was always in the top 10 in his classes. I am very proud of him and his accomplishments and I would not be surprised if some day he was promoted to general. Not many make it that far, even with 30 years in the service but he is on 6 years into his military carrier and already is a company commander. Anyway, I ask him, of all the awards he has earned and all the schools he has gone through, which one was the one that gave him the most feeling of accomplishment. He replied, that is was the pathfinder school that he was most proud of finishing. He told me only a small number of those in the school were able to finish it. So he showed me the symbol of the pathfinder, on line and when I got home on Tuesday, I Googled the pathfinder logo and made this plaque for him. I put it in the mail about an hour ago and he should have it by the weekend. I made this piece out of Alder. I would have liked to have had a contrasting background wood but it was the only piece of wood I had that was big enough so I used it. I did not want to stain it so I just mounted the symbol as it was Dick heppnerguy Looks like perfection runs in the family! Quote
penquin Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 Great job on the plaque and kindly thank your grandson for his service in defense of our country. jim penquin Quote
Lucky2 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Posted January 9, 2016 Nicely done Dick, that's a tidy bit of segmentation. Len Quote
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