COMMISSIONING CEREMONY FOR SSgt XXXXX XXXXX _______________________ 6 February 2012, 0900L Auditorium

Officiating Officer: Lieutenant Colonel XXXX Narrator: SrA XXXXX Uniform: Service Dress ORDER OF EVENTS 15 min prior: Event Staff prepares; SSgt XXXXX is in place 5 min prior: 5 min prior: Proffer/usher shows Mrs. XXXXX to seat. Photographer (SrA XXXX) in place.

NARRATOR: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CEREMONY WILL BEGIN SHORTLY, PLEASE FIND YOUR SEATS. THANK YOU. When ready: LtCol XXXX and SSgt XXXXX (When in place at the entrance, narrator begins.) NARRATOR: GOOD MORNING. WERE PLEASED ALL OF YOU COULD JOIN US AS WE RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR OWN, SSGT XXXXX XXXXX, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS COMMISSION TO SECOND LIEUTENANT. BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME SSGT XXXXX WIFE, XXXXX XXXXX, ALL COWORKERS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. LT COL XXXX XXXX, COMMANDER, XXXX XXXX SQUADRON, WILL OFFICIATE TODAYS CEREMONY. PLEASE STAND FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY. (Lt Col and SSgt enter the room and proceed directly to area in front of the Flags with SSgt standing to Lt Col left.) NARRATOR: ATTENTION TO ORDERS: (Audience stands) THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE DIRECT COMMISSION OF SSGT TO SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE . PLEASE BE SEATED. SSGT WIFE WILL NOW HELP SSGT INTO HIS OFFICER SERVICE DRESS JACKET, SYMBOLIZING HIS PIN ON OF SECOND LIEUTENANT. (SSgt wife takes her position on either side of 2LT. Proffer will bring forward the Lt Service Dress jacket and exchange with the SSgt Service Dress jacket handed to him by Mrs.. Proffer and Mrs. XXXX return to starting positions.)

NARRATOR: (Pause for applause) LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILL NOW ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE. (LtCol and 2LT face each other2LT raises HIS right hand) MOCK (MADEY REPEATS): I, (state your full name) /// having been appointed a SECOND LIEUTENANT in the United States Air Force /// do solemnly swear /// that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States /// against all enemies, foreign and domestic /// that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same /// that I take this obligation freely /// without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion /// and that I will well and faithfully discharge /// the duties of the office which I am about to enter /// so help me God. NARRATOR: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SECOND LIEUTENANT. (LtCol makes comments as desired) (2LT makes remarks as desired.) NARRATOR: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS CONCLUDES THIS MORNINGS CEREMONY; PLEASE JOIN US IN THE BACK TO OFFER YOUR CONGRATULATIONS TO 2LT.