{"id":2400,"date":"2023-12-22T17:18:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2023-12-22T17:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:18:45","slug":"soldier-makes-5-hr-drive-to-get-salute-from-grandfather-who-couldnt-attend-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=2400","title":{"rendered":"Soldier Makes 5-Hr Drive To Get Salute From Grandfather Who Couldn\u2019t Attend Ceremony."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Receiving a salute for the first time after becoming a commissioned officer in the army is a pretty special moment, which is why this grandson was willing to go out of his way to get the honor from his grandfather! Unfortunately, the proud grandpa was unable to be present at the actual ceremony. So, the newly commissioned lieutenant decided to drive five hours to the elderly man\u2019s home! His grandfather couldn\u2019t have been more delighted to give the devoted soldier his very first salute.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_6365-300x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_6365-300x250.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_6365.webp 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Screengrab from Majically News\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay I be the one to be the lucky one to give you the first salute of your career?\u201d asked the beaming grandpa when the young man appeared on his doorstep.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the beautiful moment was captured on camera. Once the lieutenant\u2019s grandfather had solemnly given his salute, his grandson gave him one right back! Then, the two men shared a handshake and an emotional hug. Commenters on YouTube couldn\u2019t get over the sweet interaction!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the formalities are over, nothing beats a big hug from grandpa,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grandson drives 5 hours to do first salute with grandpa after he missed his Army commissioning \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a_H64amSnTI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst came the salute for honor, then came the handshake for respect, then came the hug for love. Awesome!\u201d said another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Receiving a salute for the first time after becoming a commissioned officer in the army is a pretty special moment, which is why this grandson was willing&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions\/2402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}