{"id":41135,"date":"2017-06-30T00:20:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T03:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=41135"},"modified":"2017-06-30T00:35:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T03:35:43","slug":"fighter-pilot-traditions-the-roof-stomp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/30\/fighter-pilot-traditions-the-roof-stomp\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighter Pilot Traditions: The Roof Stomp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/238105\/t-bolts-last-ride\">article<\/a> out of Mountain Home AFB assures the world that the time honored tradition of the roof stomp (literally) is alive and well. The article talks about a commander moving on from command, and the way he was received by his unit two years ago:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41136\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/roofstomp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/roofstomp.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/roofstomp-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/roofstomp-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><em>Lt. Col Gary Marlowe, 389th Fighter Squadron commander is initiated as the new commander with a roof stomp June 2015, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s LtCol Gary &#8220;Ziggy&#8221; Marlowe, a name which carries on another tradition, for those old <!--more-->enough to catch the association. (Those who aren&#8217;t can probably figure it out with Google.)<\/p>\n<p>Read about some other fighter pilot traditions:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2011\/06\/27\/pilot-traditions-flying-flags-in-combat\/\">Flying Flags<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2010\/08\/26\/callsigns-traditions-and-a-naval-officers-ig-complaint\/\">Naming<\/a> \/ Callsigns<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2016\/10\/03\/fighter-pilot-traditions-battle-of-britain-and-burning-the-piano-2016\/\">Burning the Piano<\/a><br \/>\nFighter Pilot Traditions at <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2011\/01\/14\/astronauts-and-fighter-pilot-traditions-traveling-playboys\/\">NASA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2009\/05\/01\/military-traditions-in-civilian-aviation\/\">United Airlines<\/a><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2010\/06\/08\/fighter-pilot-traditions-the-doofer-book\/\">Doofer Book<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2010\/06\/24\/fighter-pilot-traditions-hat-in-the-freezer\/\">Hat in the Freezer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2012\/12\/13\/federal-lawsuit-threatened-over-fighter-pilot-songs-traditions\/\">Fighter Pilot Songs<\/a><br \/>\nSolo dunk &#8212; in <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2013\/05\/30\/missionary-aviation-and-pilot-traditions\/\">missionary aviation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read about more fighter pilot traditions <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2006\/06\/13\/fighter-pilot-traditions\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article out of Mountain Home AFB assures the world that the time honored tradition of the roof stomp (literally) is alive and well. The article talks about a commander moving on from command, and the way he was received by his unit two years ago: Lt. 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