Army dad salutes his daughter on graduation day 🎓| Militarykind

[Music] this commissioning was really big for me being an officer I would be the first in the family everybody keeps asking are you gonna make curry out of it are you it's still up in the air but a lot of my decision-making is based off this guy he made a career out of it so I mean and you know I might as well too [Music] there was no doubt in my mind our graduation fell on the same day I was going to go to hers I already lived my life I already had my career she's just getting ready to start Hearst and I wanted her to know that she was gonna have our support and my support the whole time hi and my army soldier I'm a warrior and a member of a team I serve the people of United States and live the Army Values I will always place the mission first I will never accept defeat I will never quit I will never leave a fallen comrade I am discipline physically and mentally tough trained the profession and my warrior tasks and drills I always maintain my arms my equipment and myself I'm an expert and I'm professional I stand ready to deploy engage and destroy the enemies of United States of America and close combat I'm a guardian of freedom and American Way of life are an American soldier like put my toes okay Kayla don't cry but you're gonna cry we don't cry that much we will now conduct the traditional Silver Dollar salute the Silver Dollar salute is a time-honored tradition in the army the newly commissioned second lieutenants present a silver dollar to the first noncommissioned officer that salutes them this tradition represents the special role the noncommissioned officer plays in the development of the young officers professionalism noncommissioned officers will be relied heavily upon during the lieutenant's initial duty assignment they are the armors trainer and it is their duty to ensure the young lieutenant continues to develop technical and tactical proficiency and understands the officers role in the army when I saw them walking down the aisle now really really trying then we got from those like oh my god and then he was like you're so beautiful oh my god stop she already had tears in her eyes and that's all I can say is you know words have encouraged me I'm so proud of you and she motioned my her face like stop it yeah and I was and I said you're so beautiful good kid in uniform and she like stop it she wouldn't make contact with my eyes apparently she was just looking at my head here I heard the announcement of what was being said but I basically remember it I just tuned everything else out around us and I was just concentrating on her rendering the silverdollar salute to second lieutenant out is her father retired sergeant first class Roberto Valentin get outside not here oh and by the way you know Roberto Valentin was supposed to be at his graduation this morning sergeant first class Roberto Valentin by the way was slated to receive his bachelor's degree this morning in Virginia at Liberty University instead he chose to be here to celebrate his daughter's special moment for that here now I'd like to go [Music] she reaches into her pocket and productive Military Appreciation forward and around my neck and you know it was it's just a moment of our so today sergeant first class Valentin your daughter honors you for your sacrifice [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I had a lady come up to me and she literally came up and said let me tell you - you're here and I'm looking at her like what and she was like yeah so she that goes to my ear and she was like yeah made me cry and I didn't even cry for my own daughter [Laughter] [Music] you

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Length: 5min 17sec (317 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 13 2019