This NCO was promoted at his family’s café and llama farm in Germany
By Davis Winkie
Oct 25, 12:05 PM
Daniel Yeadon, an Army public affairs specialist attached to the 16th Sustainment Brigade, was recently promoted to staff sergeant on Oct. 3, 2022, in Germany. (1st Lt. Alexander Harrell/Army)
For many troops, promotions and reenlistment ceremonies offer an opportunity to express themselves — tradition holds that service members can pick the setting and participants.
That’s led to some striking images over the years, including a Marine sniper’s promotion in a chest-deep swamp and an Air National Guard NCO’s reenlistment ceremony featuring hand puppets — though all three participants were punished for the move.
An NCO stationed in western Germany recently added to that genre with his own unique choice of promotion ceremony locale: his husband’s family-run café and alpaca farm.
Staff Sgt. Daniel Yeadon is a public affairs NCO with the 16th Sustainment Brigade in Baumholder, Germany. Before his current assignment, Yeadon was a radio disk jockey for American Forces Network in South Korea and a military police soldier assigned to the ceremonial Old Guard — the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment — stationed astride Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/10/25/this-nco-was-promoted-at-his-familys-cafe-and-llama-farm-in-germany/
