CCTI (Chief's Call to Initiation) Dinner

November 14th was Tim's big dinner! After 2 months of initiation Tim is now a "Real Chief" (Initiated). Not all E-7's are initiated they have to choose to participate. It was a long 2 months of trying to balance the CCTI (Chiefs Call To Initiation) process and do his new job but he did it. They had a very nice dinner and ceremony at the end. It was fun to get dressed up and see him rewarded for all his hard work. This is exactly where he wanted to be at this point in his career. We are enjoying being able to sit back and enjoy a goal being reached.



Off to the dinner. I love getting to see him in his more formal uniform!


At the dinner.



Tim's mom and I got to pin on his anchors that go on his collars.



They had the spouses go up and they gave us a letter of recognition. They said they know that these Chief's didn't make it to that point in their career on their own. It was really nice. They also gave us a pin (same as the ones they wear on their collars). However we the spouses out rank our husbands by one rank and ours are black instead of gold like the special operations wear. It was pretty funny and meaningful at the same time.




Tim's parents and brother and his wife came.
And our good friend John came also. He is a retired Chief of the Coast Guard. We met him at our very first unit in Alaska 14 years ago. It was neat having him there. He was actually Tim's boss way back then when Tim was brand new out of boot camp. I know he enjoyed seeing Tim reach this milestone in his career.