1 October 2010
The Sgt Grit staff had the pleasure of hosting the promotion ceremony of SSgt Codi Tanksley. He is with the Officer Selection team out of Norman Oklahoma. His special guests included GySgt Raul Vasquez, who was his recruiter, and his grandmother Barbara Lopez. He is a long time faithful customer of Sgt Grit and we were certainly honored when he asked if he could have his pinning on of SSgt here for our entire company to witness.
Most of our staff have little or no experience with Marine Corps tradition first hand so this was a really big event for our team. Anytime we get the chance to expose the staff to Corps ceremony and tradition, we stand tall and accept proudly. There were a couple of memorable events that happened during the ceremony. Of course there was the actual pinning on and GySgt Vasquez slammed the chevron in good. Nothing better than a little bloodshed at a pinning ceremony! The cake was late getting here and Major Chronister chimed in with “I never had a cake at my promotion ceremonies.” He is right, I may have gone a little overboard. In all seriousness, I would have a cake for any of these guys anyday just for walking in the door. We salute them!
Kristy Fomin