day TWO of evacuating.

yesterday we transited back to Lebanon, and took on 1156 more people. it was chaos through-out the ship. every little open space was occupied with a sleeping person. our berthing was one of the lucky ones that wasnt converted to a civilian berthing, but we still let six or so people come and sleep in our tiny lounge area, where there is a couch and a couple mattresses we supplied. it may not have been much, but to those six people it was everything they ever wanted.

right now we are back in Cyprus, and offloading all the baggage and civilians we took on. in a few hours we will set sail again, and back to Lebanon to rescue more Americans.

even though i have gotten a total of maybe 10 hours of sleep these past two days, and have been working three times as hard i normally do, i am still filled with pride and feel like i have done something to change the world. i dont know any of the people we bring aboard, but it really means a lot to me to be helping them out. even if its just showing someone where the head is, i feel good about what we are doing as a command, and i am proud to say i am in the US Navy serving onboard USS Nashville.