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Day 133 Blogging everyday is harder on my current watch schedule. My apologies for the empty days. I think about my family a lot lately. I’d like to see them again. It’s fun to talk to with my wife about our plans for when I get home. Daydreaming about those plans seems to help me … Read more

Day 131 Long day. Busy watch. Which is odd. Usually if watch is busy it goes by fast and the day does not seem so long. I feel sorry for Charles Jenkins. Yes, he deserted his post and his duty. Yes, that is a terrible thing that should not be taken lightly. I think there … Read more

Day 130 When I’m not out here serving in the Navy I work for Apple. Hence I have a strong interest in what and how the company is doing. I’ve haven’t been much in touch with any of that for the past four months but the past couple of days it has been hard to … Read more

Day 129 I got home from watch yesterday and pretty much went straight to bed. I was too tired even to write in the blog. Sorry folks. The weather is interesting here. Whether it is a comfortable day or not depends largely on which way the wind is blowing. When the wind blows in one … Read more

Day 126 Not a lot to talk about today which is probably why I didn’t blog yesterday. Actually, yesterday was pretty busy. Had the day watch that makes it harder to find time to blog. I sent an email to a friend yesterday in which I wrote something that really fits here. The paragraph talks … Read more

Day 124 I had a thought that I think might make clear what I was trying to say yesterday about the difference between Camp Spearhead and Camp Patriot. Camp Spearhead is a place that you could make a TV show like MASH from. It had that kind of character, its own personality. Camp Patriot, at … Read more

Day 123 I miss Camp Spearhead. Camp Spearhead had character. It had its own personality. Camp Patriot is still too new and has not yet developed a character of its own. I miss the old DFac at Camp Spearhead. It consisted of several large Fest tents connected together. In the main dining area, hanging from … Read more

Day 122 First, my apologies. I didn’t blog yesterday. Don’t know why. I guess I forgot though that seems hard to believe. Anyway… “…but things could be worse.” Where in the world does this saying come from? Talk about completely meaningless. If we work this statement out to its logical conclusion in, say, my situation. … Read more

Day 120 Why is it that the only thing the American Press thinks news worthy is when one of us dies over here (hardly news anymore) and when one of us does something reprehensible? I understand reporting reprehensible acts. I understand reporting on the death of Americans over here. What I don’t understand is why … Read more