Staff Sergeant Starr!

Thomas tested for Staff Sergeant about a year ago, found out he made it, and finally sewed on his stripes in July! He had to go through a very time-consuming 6 week class, and we had a nice graduation dinner/ceremony for that. The next week they had the official promotion ceremony where Thomas got presented his certificate from the Wing Commander, and got his stripes tacked (or punched) on. He is such a dedicated worker, and I'm so proud of my Staff Sergeant husband :)

Thomas' ALS class

Getting his ALS certificate (sorry for the bad photo!)

Thomas with some guys from his shop

Celebrating :)

First day with his new stripes! Can you tell he's sick of me taking pictures? ;)

Promotion ceremony - getting his certificate from Commander Quintas

Getting his stripes tacked on - they punched him hard!!