For their first weekend of liberty, they were allowed to go to the Blue Angels airshow. Because of their position in the military, they were allowed to get up close and personal with the planes and the pilots.
Seafood dinners were a favorite activity for the weekends...they went to downtown Newport and did part of the cliff walk this Saturday.
A day out in Newport, trying to deep their bright white uniforms clean.
For 4th of July, Grant's company was chosen to march in the longest standing Independence Day Parade, in Bristol, Rhode Island. This city has red, white and blue stripes on their roads. Here they are lined up in front of their dorm (ship) before getting on the bus. Random fact: Whenever they entered their building when coming home, they had to stand at attention and report that they had been commissioned to be on this "ship" and wanted to be allowed aboard :)
Here they are marching, in step, for 2.5 hours. When they are "in formation" they are not allowed to wipe sweat, scratch an itch, etc. Must be perfectly like everyone else the entire time!
The Newport Navy base is home to the tallest flag pole in the United States, here they are raising the flag on their assigned day.
And for the final weekend, they were allowed to go anywhere within 200 miles and could wear civilian clothes (for the first time in over a month!) While many others went up to Boston, Grant decided he wanted to wait until the next weekend when I was going up to spend the money and see the sites, so Larsen and he went up to the Factory Five factory in Massachusetts to look at kit cars. I am fairly certain that a cobra like this one will be Grant's first build when he finally gets some time and money. He had a great time here! And to top it off, there was a car show on base that day that they got to enjoy when they got back :)
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