Chris graduated from Ranger School at Fort Benning, GA on July 8, 2005 with 196 classmates. Only 38% of his original group made it thru without being recycled or cut. Chris said the toughest phase was Florida. He is only one of three Ordnance officers to have graduated from Ranger School in the last 11 years. Below are pics from the graduation exercise at Fort Benning. Page drove down from Maryland to celebrate with Chris on this special day for him. Chris was given a 30 day leave before reporting to Fort Bragg on August 8, 2005. Below are pics from the graduation:
Ranger Training Battalion Graduates
Proud dad pins RANGER tab on son's shoulder
Ranger Odom smiles broadly while he poses with parents and sister knowing the next item on today's schedule is steak and shrimp at Cheddars followed by ice cream at The Marble Slab
