All four of the Green to Gold Cadets had children who helped pin their bars on. Four Green to Gold Cadets and one Cadet who was a Green to Gold prospect finished their studies and commissioned. Green to Gold at PotsdamĪt Potsdam this year we saw the fruits of our Fort Drum Green to Gold office’s labor. Flash forward to commissioning day and Bill’s father administering the oath, Bill’s father and his brother putting on his bars, and then Bill receiving his silver dollar salute from his brother who is now an enlisted Marine. I arrived and met Bill’s father, a retired Marine Corps Major, and his younger brother, Joe, who was an athlete and in my eyes, a prospect. We set up a time to meet at the Lewis County Fairgrounds in Lowville, which had a track adequate for the 2 mile run. William SnyderĪ little over four years ago I journeyed down to Lowville to give one of my four year scholarship winners his PT test. Here are just a couple of the highlights for me. Actually, every year is special, but the number of family members that played a special role, the number of departed cadets and cadre that returned, and the sheer number of cadets commissioned all made this year memorable. This year was a special year for commissioning ceremonies here in the North Country.
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