Brig. Gen. Ralph Ribas, embraces Chief Warrant Officer

Brig. Gen. Ralph Ribas, embraces Chief Warrant Officer 5 Gerald Dedge after his pinning ceremony on Saturday at the Mark Lance Armory in St. Augustine. BG Ribas was commissioned in 1987 through ROTC at the University of Miami, and has served in the 53rd Brigade Combat Team for nearly his entire 28 year career. During the ceremony, Ribas took time to recognize his family, highlighting his father ingraining him with a sense of service to ones' nation.