On Friday, March 31, 2000, I finally graduated from the Surface Warfare Officers' School (SWOS) Core Phase Training, along with approximately 150-200 other junior officers. My sister drove up all the way up from New Jersey on Thursday night, and attended my graduation ceremony with my landlord Jiggs. It wasn't much of a ceremony, especially with the guest speaker unable to show due to illness, but it still meant alot to me that my sister and Jiggs showed up. The ceremony was held at 1100 at the Spruance Hall Auditorium in the Naval War College Building. Here are a couple shots taken before the ceremony started, with more shots on another roll of film to follow.
CW: Me, Dave Chevrette, Brian Chang, Colin Corridan, Marvin Crawford, Albert Curtis, and Dave Curtis (holding the book).
Me and John Christensen (a.k.a. "big sexy"). He joked when we took the picture that his girlfriend might get jealous, but from the looks of this picture, I highly doubt it. =P
