TONIGHT ABOUT FAMILY HONOR, AND AN EMOTIONAL FATHER-SON HONOR, AND AN EMOTIONAL FATHER-SON SALUTE CAPTURING A EMOTIONAL FATHER-SON SALUTE CAPTURING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF SALUTE CAPTURING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF MILITARY SERVICE. DIFFERENT SIDE OF MILITARY SERVICE. >> Reporter: IT’S ONE MILITARY SERVICE. >> Reporter: IT’S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT >> Reporter: IT’S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN A YOUNG OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN A YOUNG OFFICER’S LIFE, A MOMENTS IN A YOUNG OFFICER’S LIFE, A COMMISSIONING OFFICER’S LIFE, A COMMISSIONING CEREMONY. COMMISSIONING CEREMONY. >> Reporter: ONE LAST CEREMONY. >> Reporter: ONE LAST MONTH MARKING THE >> Reporter: ONE LAST MONTH MARKING THE MOMENT CANDIDATE MONTH MARKING THE MOMENT CANDIDATE MICHAEL FISHER WAS MOMENT CANDIDATE MICHAEL FISHER WAS PROMOTED TO AN OFFICER MICHAEL FISHER WAS PROMOTED TO AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES PROMOTED TO AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. THE TRADITION MADE MARINE CORPS. THE TRADITION MADE EVEN MORE SPECIAL WHEN THE TRADITION MADE EVEN MORE SPECIAL WHEN HIS HERO, HIS OWN EVEN MORE SPECIAL WHEN HIS HERO, HIS OWN FATHER, HONORED HIM HIS HERO, HIS OWN FATHER, HONORED HIM WITH HIS FIRST SALUTE. FATHER, HONORED HIM WITH HIS FIRST SALUTE. >> IT IS A PRIVILEGE WITH HIS FIRST SALUTE. >> IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO RENDER YOU YOUR >> IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO RENDER YOU YOUR FIRST SALUTE. TO RENDER YOU YOUR FIRST SALUTE. >> Reporter: THE FIRST SALUTE. >> Reporter: THE MASTER SERGEANT >> Reporter: THE MASTER SERGEANT CHOKING BACK TEARS, MASTER SERGEANT CHOKING BACK TEARS, HIS VOICE BREAKING AS CHOKING BACK TEARS, HIS VOICE BREAKING AS HE CELEBRATED HIS HIS VOICE BREAKING AS HE CELEBRATED HIS SON’S SUCCESS. HE CELEBRATED HIS SON’S SUCCESS. >> IT IS A GREATER SON’S SUCCESS. >> IT IS A GREATER HONOR TO SAY >> IT IS A GREATER HONOR TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, HONOR TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, ON YOUR COMMISSION. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, ON YOUR COMMISSION. >> Reporter: A FATHER ON YOUR COMMISSION. >> Reporter: A FATHER AND SON NOW FOREVER >> Reporter: A FATHER AND SON NOW FOREVER LINKED BY SERVICE. AND SON NOW FOREVER LINKED BY SERVICE. >> IT WAS A MOMENT LINKED BY SERVICE. >> IT WAS A MOMENT REKIND OF DREAMED OF >> IT WAS A MOMENT REKIND OF DREAMED OF SINCE I WAS A LITTLE REKIND OF DREAMED OF SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID. SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID. >> IT IS AN KID. >> IT IS AN ACCUMULATION OF THINGS >> IT IS AN ACCUMULATION OF THINGS THAT BROUGHT OUT ALL ACCUMULATION OF THINGS THAT BROUGHT OUT ALL THAT EMOTION. THAT BROUGHT OUT ALL THAT EMOTION. >> Reporter: THAT THAT EMOTION. >> Reporter: THAT EMOTION STRIKING A >> Reporter: THAT EMOTION STRIKING A CORD IN VIRGINIA. EMOTION STRIKING A CORD IN VIRGINIA. SO MANY COMMENTS, EVEN CORD IN VIRGINIA. SO MANY COMMENTS, EVEN MORE TEARS THAN I SO MANY COMMENTS, EVEN MORE TEARS THAN I EXPECTED. MORE TEARS THAN I EXPECTED. SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT. EXPECTED. SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT. CONGRATULATIONS. SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT. CONGRATULATIONS. SEMPER FI. CONGRATULATIONS. SEMPER FI. >> GROWING UP, I WAS SEMPER FI. >> GROWING UP, I WAS ALWAYS ATTACHED TO MY >> GROWING UP, I WAS ALWAYS ATTACHED TO MY DAD ON THE HIP. ALWAYS ATTACHED TO MY DAD ON THE HIP. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE DAD ON THE HIP. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE WITH MY DAD. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE WITH MY DAD. >> Reporter: AT JUST WITH MY DAD. >> Reporter: AT JUST 15 YEARS OLD, HE >> Reporter: AT JUST 15 YEARS OLD, HE JOINED THE RESERVE 15 YEARS OLD, HE JOINED THE RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING JOINED THE RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS. OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS. >> THERE IS A PICTURE CORPS. >> THERE IS A PICTURE ON MY DAD’S WALL, AND >> THERE IS A PICTURE ON MY DAD’S WALL, AND IT’S ME PINNING ON HIS ON MY DAD’S WALL, AND IT’S ME PINNING ON HIS LAST RANK OF SERGEANT. IT’S ME PINNING ON HIS LAST RANK OF SERGEANT. AND IT GOES BACK TO LAST RANK OF SERGEANT. AND IT GOES BACK TO THAT MOMENT WHEN I WAS AND IT GOES BACK TO THAT MOMENT WHEN I WAS A KID. THAT MOMENT WHEN I WAS A KID. NOT FOR SEEING THIS A KID. NOT FOR SEEING THIS EVENT BUT WANTS HIM TO NOT FOR SEEING THIS EVENT BUT WANTS HIM TO DO THAT SAME THING FOR EVENT BUT WANTS HIM TO DO THAT SAME THING FOR ME. DO THAT SAME THING FOR ME. >> Reporter: AND NOW A ME. >> Reporter: AND NOW A COMMISSIONED OFFICER >> Reporter: AND NOW A COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE MARINE CORPS. COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE MARINE CORPS. AND ALWAYS REMEMBERING IN THE MARINE CORPS. AND ALWAYS REMEMBERING HIS LIFELONG ADVICE. AND ALWAYS REMEMBERING HIS LIFELONG ADVICE. >> JUST STAY TRUE TO
