PASSING OUT PARADE

At night, and afer a full day of training, we were ready for the Passing Out Parade or POP. Here we were promoted to the rank of PRIVATE as we had completed the BMT successfully. Some of us were also given ID Tags to wear. This is a symbol of success as it reminds us that when we struggle we can only get better because it opens us to new possibilities. Captain Ridtz also talked to us about being winners in life and having a choice to succeed. He asked of us to prove it to ourselves to outdo ourselves and become better people than we were yesterday.