Echo Company, 2-104th Aviation dumps water on newly promoted soldiers. In the case of sergeants, the soaking occurs right as they finish reciting the NCO Creed. This is Chad Hummel, the Echo Co. training NCO, just as he finished reciting the creed from memory. The Army gets better every time someone like Chad gets promoted.
Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)
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