{"id":40,"date":"2009-02-01T03:17:59","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T03:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/?p=40"},"modified":"2015-06-26T04:17:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T04:17:24","slug":"commissioning-as-first-lieutenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/?p=40","title":{"rendered":"Commissioning as First Lieutenant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was commissioned as a First Lieutenant (Reserves) in the US Army Chaplain Corps during a solemn ceremony presided by my good friend, Commander Charles Dobra (JAGC) USN, with the assistance of my other military friends Major James Williams USAF, Captain Greg Schildmeyer USMC, and Chief Petty Officer Jim Collins USN. The ceremony was conducted at the Family Center of Saint John Neumann Parish in Saint Charles, Illinois and witnessed by around 300 friends and parishioners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR100_5304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43\" class=\"size-large wp-image-43\" src=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR100_5304-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cake-cutting\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR100_5304-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR100_5304-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR100_5304-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR100_5304.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cake-cutting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_41\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-3519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-image-41 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-3519-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"20090201-3519\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-3519-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-3519-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-3519-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-3519.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oath of Office<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_42\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR_FH030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42\" src=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR_FH030-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"With military friends.\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR_FH030-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR_FH030-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR_FH030-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/army.pajarillo.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20090201-PR_FH030.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With military friends.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was commissioned as a First Lieutenant (Reserves) in the US Army Chaplain Corps during a solemn ceremony presided by my good friend, Commander Charles Dobra (JAGC) USN, with the assistance of my other military friends Major James Williams USAF, &hellip; 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