Nate and Lily first met during Basic Training over the summer of 13' at the United States Air Force Academy. They started out as friends in the same Squadron, commiserating and helping each other with school work during the bad times and laughing and playing rounds and rounds of ping pong during the good times. At the Academy, a pivotal moment comes at the end the second year where cadets get reshuffled into new squadrons. The bride and groom had jokingly asked themselves if their friendship would last "a trip across the Tzo" if they got shuffled into squadrons opposite of one another. However, there was no need to worry as they were shuffled into the same squadron again. Four years of being just a few rooms apart, some would call this FATE! After this reshuffling, the friendship only grew and soon they were going to Ring Dance together where Nate asked Lily to be his girlfriend. Since then, Nate and Lily have survived long distance while Lily got stationed in Del Rio, TX for Pilot training and Nate was stationed in LA for Acquisitions. And then again when Lily moved to Travis AFB to fly the C-5M Super Galaxy. Nate hopes to soon join Lily in Northern California and get stationed together after the wedding!