National Guard Gains Another Goodale

Yesterday Justin was officially sworn in to the National Guard. Already-in-the-Guard brother, Christopher, was at the ceremony, as were Michelle, myself, and Grandma Cotter (Michelle's Mom), who took this picture on the right.

Justin's MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) will be 35F, Military Intelligence. He'll report for Basic Training on March 22nd, which will be followed by his 16-week AIT (Advanced Individual Training) at Fort Huachuca in Arizona.

But... what's REALLY cool is that Justin has been assigned to do Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood in St. Robert, Missouri. That's where Justin served for more than seven months of his mission, and he's SUPER excited to go back to that part of the country. Michelle and I hope to be able to go back for his Basic Training graduation when he's done, and during family day there it will be fun to have him show us around the area, meeting with his friends and such.

Below is the video of Justin's swearing-in, or you can also view it by clicking here. To see all ten pics from the swearing in ceremony, you can click here for Flickr, or click here for Facebook.