While I am waiting for Wayne to make some buffalo/sausage burgers for tonight, I might as well give an update of what is going on in my world.
We just got back from a week long underway where some group came out and tested the ship out and see if we could survive with a number of problems thrown at us. It was pretty fun to see what kind of damage this group could throw at us and how the ship could fight the problem. The main inspector noted that he was impressed with the ship during one drill because he didn't think we could make something happen with in the time
allotted. After that, we went and shot some missiles that really not
a lot of ships get a chance to do, and then we went and shot our guns at some targets.
Next week, we will get underway for around two weeks to integrate with the strike group that the ship is deploying with in January. It should be
a lot of fun with a number of things going on. After that, we have to pull back into Seal Beach because they loaded us with the wrong amount of ammo and no one noticed. Oh, well. Hopefully, this time, we won't get thrown out of the liberty port and we can actually enjoy some time out in town. We will see what happens.
I am still leaving at the end of December. I am
excited about doing something new, but I am also sad about leaving my good friends I have made over the past three years. People like Molly and Matt, Karen, Sheri, Carl and Lisa, Wayne and Marian, the Water's Edge Crew, Tom, Jim,
Demmie, Mary, Lea, Becky, Randy, Elbert, and many others. But, I think this is the better for my career in the Navy. An,d I keep telling myself the "ends justify the means." I will be trying to come back on leave and see everyone hopefully around once a year or so. And, before you know it, I will be back in San Diego in 2012. Anyway, I don't want to get too mushy around here.
Go Broncos!
Shalom!
