heppnerguy Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I have a grandson who is in the Army and over the holidays, I was able to have breakfast with him. He is a captain and is very enthused about 'all he can be'. He has gone to jump school, ranger school, special forces school, jump master school, pathfinder school and several others that I can not even remember. At each school, he achieved extremely high marks and was always in the top 10 in his classes. I am very proud of him and his accomplishments and I would not be surprised if some day he was promoted to general. Not many make it that far, even with 30 years in the service but he is on 6 years into his military carrier and already is a company commander. Anyway, I ask him, of all the awards he has earned and all the schools he has gone through, which one was the one that gave him the most feeling of accomplishment. He replied, that is was the pathfinder school that he was most proud of finishing. He told me only a small number of those in the school were able to finish it. So he showed me the symbol of the pathfinder, on line and when I got home on Tuesday, I Googled the pathfinder logo and made this plaque for him. I put it in the mail about an hour ago and he should have it by the weekend. I made this piece out of Alder. I would have liked to have had a contrasting background wood but it was the only piece of wood I had that was big enough so I used it. I did not want to stain it so I just mounted the symbol as it was Dick heppnerguy Fab4 and Lucky2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Must take after his grandfather. Your grandson deserves a lot of credit and yes I would be proud of a grandson like that as well. Beautiful work Dick. Your grandson will be honoured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Very nice work, Dick!....I have never met him and I am proud of him!....He will love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordster Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Great work Dick, another award he will be proud of for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Excellently done Dick. He is going to be very pleased with this. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 What a great way to keep bonding with your grandson. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 He will always remember you. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Nice work thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Scroller Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 beautiful work, he will love it, thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 That's sharp! He is going to love it. I'm sure he gets his strength from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 He will be over the moon with his gift. He will be equally as proud of your achievement I am sure, it looks great Dick. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kywoodmaster Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Looks great. You have every right to be proud of him. Thank him for his service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'm sure He will treasure that plaque forever Dick, You did a perfect job on the project! Thank you for letting us see, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I have a grandson who is in the Army and over the holidays, I was able to have breakfast with him. He is a captain and is very enthused about 'all he can be'. He has gone to jump school, ranger school, special forces school, jump master school, pathfinder school and several others that I can not even remember. At each school, he achieved extremely high marks and was always in the top 10 in his classes. I am very proud of him and his accomplishments and I would not be surprised if some day he was promoted to general. Not many make it that far, even with 30 years in the service but he is on 6 years into his military carrier and already is a company commander. Anyway, I ask him, of all the awards he has earned and all the schools he has gone through, which one was the one that gave him the most feeling of accomplishment. He replied, that is was the pathfinder school that he was most proud of finishing. He told me only a small number of those in the school were able to finish it. So he showed me the symbol of the pathfinder, on line and when I got home on Tuesday, I Googled the pathfinder logo and made this plaque for him. I put it in the mail about an hour ago and he should have it by the weekend. I made this piece out of Alder. I would have liked to have had a contrasting background wood but it was the only piece of wood I had that was big enough so I used it. I did not want to stain it so I just mounted the symbol as it was Dick heppnerguy Looks like perfection runs in the family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Great job on the plaque and kindly thank your grandson for his service in defense of our country. jim penquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Nicely done Dick, that's a tidy bit of segmentation. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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