2000 December 14 Graduation Day

Today is Michele's 29th Birthday and her first in the United States of America. She was also presented by Major General Staley E Green with this Missile Ma'am Certificate by The U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Bliss, Texas in recognition of her understanding, patience and personal sacrifices while encouraging me in my academic endeavors, for her confidence in my ability to succeed, and for her unceasing support, dedication and devotion to my ideals, without which our defenses would suffer a great morale loss. Happy Birthday dear!

I have successfully graduated as Distinguished Graduate and International Officer of Captain's Career Course 4-00, and during the Baccalaureate Ceremony, I gave this speech "Duty" ...

Whooah!
 

(We said farewell to the friends we made, left our Desert Tree Apartment, and departed El Paso the next few days, bringing back fond memories and carrying back our souvenirs, 6 Oktoberfest beer steins, a statue, and my sombrero. We stopped over Tokyo for 2 days where I brought Michele to Shinjuku, Ueno, Asakusa, Ginza, etc. before arriving Singapore before Christmas, so that we could spend Christmas with our love ones at home. Thank God for this trip.)