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Day 88 First, congratulations to my boss. He’s been selected by the board to be advanced to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. The next few months will be a challenge but I am confident that he will make an outstanding Chief. I hope the Chief’s Mess doesn’t go too rough on him. Life in … Read more

Day 87 No watch today. I got invited to a working party. Woo hoo. We went and put up two tents. About twenty of us. It was hot. We had two make to attempts at it. My unit spends a lot of time putting up tents. So we are pretty familiar with how to do … Read more

Day 86 In my time over here I’ve learned something about various activities of the military during “a military action” (the ‘major hostilities’ are over, right). There are a lot of categories and classifications but I’ve discovered that I really only care about one. Something often referred to as high speed, low drag. High speed, … Read more

Day 85 Busy watch again today. Nothing unusual, simply busy with normal work. Again the day went quickly. Getting cash around here is a pain in the butt. There are no ATMs here in Camp Spearhead. The exchange can give cash back if you use a debit credit but only when the system is working. … Read more

Day 84 Watch was busy today. I like that. Makes the time go by fast. I miss The Supply Guy, Sarge and The Other Guy. I miss playing Spades with them. I miss the conversation we used to have. I miss listening to them argue as they played Risk. I haven’t found any new friends … Read more

Day 83 Yesterday was my anniversary. I’ve been married to my beautiful wife for sixteen wonderful years. I truly love being married to this woman. We seldom make much of our anniversary when we’re together. This time being so far a part and for so long I find myself more aware of it. Happy Anniversary … Read more

Day 82 It’s definitely heating up. It felt really hot to me today but we didn’t make it to black flag. We only got to red. Watch was interesting today. I had a couple of interesting challenges to work on. One may provide me with some thing to work on for a few days. I … Read more

Day 81 I have no idea how many people read this weblog. I know that my family and many of my friends do. I know that a few folks from my own unit read it. I am discovering that there are a number of people who have friends and/or family serving here in Camp Spearhead … Read more

Day 80 Camp Spearhead has something of a MASH quality to it. There’s a movie every night. Usually a pretty good one. Tonight was The Human Stain. Pretty good movie. Not the kind of movie I really like. Too much thinking involved. I like the pure unadulterated entertainment movies. There’s the Chief of the Watch … Read more

Day 79 I’m sitting here waiting for another session of GMT (General Military Training). This is an interesting Navy concept. You are forced to sit through ill prepared presentations presented by people who are not entirely prepared to give the ill prepared presentation. None of this is really the fault of the presenter. In most … Read more