Thank you for the kind words, and the blessings! May He return them to you and yours ten fold.
This model especially was built very carefully and caringly. My career Navy son-in-law, who has been a submariner for the last 9 years, served on the USS Ohio and was ppart of the crew that took her through the refit to SSGN. He then served on her until promoted to the Squadron level. Went out to see three times with her aftyer commissioning, and then regularly flew out to Guam to assist on her and other of the SSGNs.
He's a U.S. Navy Chief who has been accepted now into a program where he will go to school for three years to be a phamacist abd will come out an officer (full Ly.) with a tne year commitment which will get him to retirement.
I got to go onto the Ohio twice for tours of the boat by my son-in-law. Once during refit when I met the XO, and then later after the refit when I got to meet the CO. Great experiences...and BIG boats!
I am going to stencil the name on the stand, and then give it to him. The grandson who was helping me is one of his and my daughter's boys.