One of our wedding gifts (from Nora) was a red place setting to begin a Red Plate Dinner tradition with our family. I had never heard of this before but you pull out the red place setting to celebrate something special for one of the family members. It can be a birthday, promotion, celebration of any kind...Tonight I pulled out the red plates for Jonathon. He had hit the 500 hour mark for flying helicopters. He has more hours than that but it's in planes or simulators. The Army only recognizes the pure hours in a helicopter. Once you hit the 500 mark you begin to be looked at with a little more trustworthiness in the air and you are given more leadership opportunities. He's been counting down the needed time by the tenth of an hour. Today he hit the big mark. We had salad, pasta, and bread sticks for dinner (one of his favorites) and I served him on the red plates.
I'm so proud of him!
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CONGRATULATIONS on such an accomplishment.
That's so exciting! We got a red plate as a wedding gift too! I served Chris' dinner on it the night I told him he was going to be a daddy. When he saw that he was going to be eating on the red plate, he kept asking why he was special that day, and if he had forgotten some kind of anniversary! :)
That's awesome Jonathon...
Congratulations! We are proud of you in BG too! Love the red plate idea!
What a cool idea! Congrat Jonathon on making the 500 mark. :)
Congrats! You should be very proud! It is hard to get 500 actual hours. Enjoy!
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