 Daniel Kelch, Jr., a soldier in the 38th engineer company, Combined Task Force 4-2 stationed in Afghanistan, received a battlefield promotion to specialists. However, this wasn't just any promotion. His father, Sergeant Major Daniel Kelch, flew from his base in eastern Afghanistan to his son's base in southern Afghanistan just to promote him. Sergeant Major Kelch seemed to be quite pleased with his son's accomplishments. Oh, very proud of him. He just makes me so proud I can't even say the words. Extremely proud of what he's done, on the fact that he's getting promoted earlier than he normally would have been, is even better. He's doing the right things. He's gung-ho, he's hungry, and he seems to be living the army standard. He was one of the inspirations that had to join the army, so as far as me doing well, him being here is very important to me. Reporting from Fawb-Mazungar, I'm Army Sergeant Stephen Wright. I thought I wasn't going to cry my ears.