V.P. Cheney visited Ft. Carson last Friday to pump up morale. He spoke inside one of the hangars out at the airfield and Eric got to listen to him speak.
Also, Eric got promoted to CW2 or Chief Warrant Officer 2 last Thursday. Wyatt and I went out to the airfield for the promotion and I pinned the new rank onto Eric (its the silver rectangle with two black dots on it). Eric was also just raised to RL1 status, which means he can now fly with other pilots that are not instructor pilots. Unfortunately, his first flight as a full fledged pilot will be with his commander! LOL He'll do fine - he knows his stuff.
Eric will be deploying to Arizona in January for a month. The unit will be helping the National Guard with patroling the boarder.