On the weekend of 5/6/2018, Jack was visiting his best friends in San Diego while Rachelle was attending a work conference. Exhausted from their weekends and ready to get to their respective homes, they boarded their flight with Southwest Airlines. Rachelle found the perfect aisle seat and Jack found an even better seat directly next to her. While Rachelle was deeply locked into her reading, Jack spent the first 20 minutes of the flight trying to come up with the perfect words to say. He finally mustered up the courage to say, "Hey, what are you studying?". Thankfully, Rachelle was very sweet and began explaining her work... they continued to talk for the next 2 hours of their flight. Before exiting the plane they exchanged numbers. Jack sent Rachelle a message the next day and eagerly anticipated a response but never received one. Two weeks later, Jack landed in Sicily, Italy for a deployment and guess who reached out?! Jack and Rachelle talked every day while Jack was deployed. When he finally got back to the states, the couple took their first trip together to the Smoky Mountains National Park. They've loved the area ever since. They are so excited to go back to such a beautiful place to celebrate their marriage with family and friends!