Hail and Farewell

In Aviation, at least for the Navy (don't know about other military branches) when you join a squadron you are "Hailed" or welcomed, and when you leave you are "Farewelled".
Saturday night we attended our last official function in HSC-28. It was a prorgressive dinner and then a Hail and Farewell. Although we're not really leaving the area, Josh is no longer in the squadron. It was a fun night, and a little bittersweet as well. There were so many new people, that all of the old folks sort of stuck together for awhile it seemed, although by the end of the evening I know I'd met some of the new people on my own. The first picture is of Josh and I with the CO and the next picture is with our friends the Williams. Ted and Tricia.
It's hard to believe that Josh's 3 years of being in the squadron are now officially over. Even though he'd begun his new job, it honestly didn't seem real yet.
I hope that someday he'll go back to another squadron and there will be as many fun people as there were in this squadron.