What's one of your proudest moments?

Salem

For me, one of the most proud moments is when I graduated nursing school. Another one is my youngest daughter getting accepted into medical school last August: How about you?

stephen_hannibal

I don't think I've had one yet....

clearlysuspect

Taking 2nd in the nation in the High Jump my senior year in high school. Just about the same feeling for any of my 3 high jump Virginia State Championships.

Pulling into port on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) after serving at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. An entire pier of cheering family members, band playing, pretty nice moment.

Birth of my daughter.

Those are the really big ones for me.

edit: oooohhh.... almost for got trading in my 259 Division hat for a NAVY hat at the end of boot camp. Anyone who has stood in that room knows what I'm talking about.

Salem

clearlysuspect:

Taking 2nd in the nation in the High Jump my senior year in high school. Just about the same feeling for any of my 3 high jump Virginia State Championships.

Pulling into port on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) after serving at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. An entire pier of cheering family members, band playing, pretty nice moment.

Birth of my daughter.

Those are the really big ones for me.

edit: oooohhh.... almost for got trading in my 259 Division hat for a NAVY hat at the end of boot camp. Anyone who has stood in that room knows what I'm talking about.

Very, very cool!!!!

phobicsquirrel

Couple of things...

Starting my own biz

Finishing Ranger School

Getting Married

...and not getting herpes.

Toombes

The births of my children
Saluting "The Old Man" and being piped over after my tour of duty in the Navy
Graduating college with my AA in commercial art/graphic design
Receiving my Paramedic licensure
Starting Two Wheel Healers bike shop with my buddy Mark

Steve2010

Finishing a year in Iraq (05-06) going out on patrols every day. 30+ firefights and 18 IED strikes...and not a single Purple Heart in my platoon.

The_Kid

the birth of my two daughters
being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for actions taken during the 1989 SF Earthquake
freefalling from 10500 ft for the first time

Krieger

Eagle scout at the age of 13, operating my own business at 19, graduating the Paramedic program at 21, and coming up on the 22nd of this month... celebrating 7 years with my fiance.

OchoZacho

Asking my father in law if I could marry his daughter and him telling me that he had been praying for years for her to marry the right person and he said that he knew it was me. The second part was seeing the excitement on her face when I asked her. Love my girl!

Toombes

OchoZacho:

Asking my father in law if I could marry his daughter and him telling me that he had been praying for years for her to marry the right person and he said that he knew it was me. The second part was seeing the excitement on her face when I asked her. Love my girl!

Guess I should have put this in my list, too. If my wife ever reads this, she'll make start doing physical therapy again and she's my therapist...

gmill880

Outsmarting and out manuevering the gold digger biotch that married my dad - soaked up his money and property and kicked him to the curb when he had 5 months to live from bone cancer . I was able to block her last attempts and negotiate a marital property settlement as his POA while making her think he would live at least another year when in fact he only lived 2 more days .


Would not be wise for her to be standing any where close to me at a subway train station platform !!! Just sayin ...

Rhamlin

Easy, my wedding and my daughters birth. Then I guess when I made Captain.

Preebs

I got to see a play I wrote performed. Seeing the audience reacting to my words was pretty intense.

Amos_Umwhat

I have to echo your post, Salem, my own graduation with a BSN, and my sons graduation from medical school, oh, and the day I bought my first Harley!

Salem

Amos Umwhat:

I have to echo your post, Salem, my own graduation with a BSN, and my sons graduation from medical school, oh, and the day I bought my first Harley!

Gosh, are we cyber twins or something?? lol!! Right down to the Harley. That was also one of my most proud moments too....that first one.....which was a Low Rider.

Thewelder

A big one would have to be exchanging my RECRUIT ball cap for my NAVY ball cap. Never seen 160 men thatproud. Becoming an Eagle scout, coming home from both deployments (at sea, and one Iraq)

RBeckom

All of the births of my six grandchildren.

RBeckom

Thewelder:

A big one would have to be exchanging my RECRUIT ball cap for my NAVY ball cap. Never seen 160 men thatproud. Becoming an Eagle scout, coming home from both deployments (at sea, and one Iraq)

Sir you have my thanks for your service to our fine country.

dennisking

so many people have done so many great things, it's hard to feel like I can compete.

Rudy, I would love to hear you elaborate on your Earthquake story.

For me, The day I got married, the birth of my 3 daughters and,the day I was raised to Master Mason after starting 6 months before were all big ones for me.
Taking the business that I work for and raising their profit 6 times over from when I started is also something I'm most proud of.

Krieg

When my two boys were born. Hands down, never prouder.

Salem

I would have to add when I got married, and when my 2 girls were born.

Theedge

I thought it was when I won my last election. But now about 50% of the people hate me at any given time. So not so much....

spindrift

Theedge:

I thought it was when I won my last election. But now about 50% of the people hate me at any given time. So not so much....

What kind of an election?

kaspera79

Theedge:

I thought it was when I won my last election. But now about 50% of the people hate me at any given time. So not so much....

Don't feel too bad, I read that the Presidents approval rate is only 47% right now.

gmill880

Theedge:

I thought it was when I won my last election. But now about 50% of the people hate me at any given time. So not so much....

Damn it Obama you son of a ... is that you ??????

Salem

gmill880:

Theedge:

I thought it was when I won my last election. But now about 50% of the people hate me at any given time. So not so much....

Damn it Obama you son of a ... is that you ??????

LOL!!!!!

Theedge

Hah, I'm a county commissioner, some states call them supervisors. It's actually not that bad, but there sure are days.

Hippiebrian

My uncle raised me, as my Dad was an alcoholic and, to put it nicely, unable to do so.  All through school, I was a rebel.  Heck, it was the 70's, who wasn't a chemical waste dump, right?  Anyways, my uncle always referred to me as his nephew when anyone asked.

The first time I was home on leave, as my uncle was walking with me in the airport, someone welcomed me home and asked my uncle if I was his son.  He looked at me, then back at the stranger and said "Yes, that's my boy...my son."

 

OchoZacho

dennisking:

so many people have done so many great things, it's hard to feel like I can compete.

Rudy, I would love to hear you elaborate on your Earthquake story.

For me, The day I got married, the birth of my 3 daughters and,the day I was raised to Master Mason after starting 6 months before were all big ones for me.
Taking the business that I work for and raising their profit 6 times over from when I started is also something I'm most proud of.

So mote it be brother!

Salem

Hippiebrian:

My uncle raised me, as my Dad was an alcoholic and, to put it nicely, unable to do so.  All through school, I was a rebel.  Heck, it was the 70's, who wasn't a chemical waste dump, right?  Anyways, my uncle always referred to me as his nephew when anyone asked.

The first time I was home on leave, as my uncle was walking with me in the airport, someone welcomed me home and asked my uncle if I was his son.  He looked at me, then back at the stranger and said "Yes, that's my boy...my son."

 

That one honestly made me tear up.