Who pins the wings at winging Ceremony? Wife or Dad?

[Fallonflyr]

When my daughter winged and my son winged, it was really meaningful for me to pin on my original set of wings. At the time(s), however, they were both single. Had either one been married and wanted a spouse to pin on the wings, it would have been fine with me.
As an easy compromise, have the spouse pin on the dad's original set of wings. Covers all the bases.

Daughter and son winged....you da man!

 

[Flash]

I believe funnygirl is the wife in question

Did you figure that one out all by yourself?

 

[Spartan43]

Did you figure that one out all by yourself?

Just thought I would point that out since a couple posts came off as thinking the OP was the one getting winged

 

[Fallonflyr]

If his father wants to pin the wings on you should be cool with it. As a father who's daughter's ambition is to become a military aviator, I would say the day she gets winged will be the proudest day of my life. His father raised him from a pup to be the awesome hunk of manhood you chose to breed with...give him his day.

 

[sickboy]

Your Dad raised you to be the person you are, your wife is only a short lived addition to the equation. I'd have your Dad tack them on...

And, if he has any sense of history, they WILL be tacked on. (He's not subject to UCMJ, what can they do?)

Mine were "forcefully attached" by my father and the senior leadership in attendance merely smiled and we proceeded to drink.

Pickle

Lucky. I told my mom to and she completely wussed out.

 

[MIDNJAC]

My dad (retired NA) pinned them on me, wife did not care either way. YMMV.

 

[e6bflyer]

Mom and dad shoulder boarded me, wife completely understood. Wife winged me, mom and dad completely understood. She even punched them into my chest, much to the dismay of the Air Force.

 

[BigBadBoJenkins]

To pile on, the winging day is about the guy getting winged. Whatever he wants he should get, and hopefully the wingee's spouse is cool enough to understand this. Bonus points for not complaining to him about it. Extra bonus points for him if he thanks you publicly, etc. Bonus points all around.

 

[jtmedli]

Whoever you want to pin them on. My sister pinned mine on. My parents are divorced and I didn't want to deal with drama from either side about not getting to do it. They were both happy to let my sister do it (neutral ground I guess) and the sis cried when she found out that I wanted her to pin them on. It all worked out in the end.

 

[Renegade One]

Everyone in your nearest three family generations, either blood or "by marriage", should get a Juice Box with your picture on it.

 

[Mr Spenz]

Wife. Parents are always supportive (they should be) but your wife/husband is your present and future.
(My .02 cents)

 

[dilbert123]

I was winged in 1968 and it was SOP for the ranking officer at the ceremony to do the honors. Both my parents and my wife were there as well. I was honored to have had my wings pinned by the skipper of NAS Corpus Christi.

 

[e6bflyer]

Wife. Parents are always supportive (they should be) but your wife/husband is your present and future.
(My .02 cents)

Spoken by someone who has never seen a post deployment round of divorces.

 

[zippy]

Thank you for your input. I have not seen this done before but if it got to that point I think one or the other would have already backed down. So you don't think it would be a slap in the face to the wife or make her feel less appreciated?

I'm not married but,

Theres a tradition and heritage perspective regarding the whole winging. To be honest, If my father was a Naval Aviator and I was a wingee I'd expect he would be pinning my wings on. 1) Because I've seen it done many times before at other wingings I've been to and 2) I most likely grew up idolizing him and worked my ass off to follow in his footsteps. My mother got to put on one of my shoulder boards on at my commissioning, and so did my father. One of my good friends was winged by his mother. His Father was an NFO and his mother was the pilot. She winged him because he followed in her footsteps and not his.

Realistically, it's a piece of jewelry with a professional significance. Nothing in my professional life could take away my feelings towards my mother, or hers for me- the same with my father and a wife etc. The winging isn't about playing favorites with parents or spouses, It's about tradition.

 

[rondebmar]

Well, there was no way neither my parents, nor my incipient wife, had the time or wherewithall to make the trip from north of Boston to Corpus, so I was winged by my VT-30 (Spads) Flight Instructor, Lt. C. R. Smith ...worked for me, and them!!

I'd be home within the week anyway ...had to make an "honest woman" of Linda ...and little Lori's (our first born) mother!