STATUS: in port!

even after a one day delay (some pump in engineering crapped out), its good to be on land. or near it, in my case; duty today.

but its four days of fun in the sun. and hot weather. and low humidity. and a hot breeze...

thats Jabal Ali for ya.

took my E-4 exam yesterday.

think i did pretty good. there were some stuff i didnt know, but i knew most of it.

now that thats done, its three months of mind games until the final resaults come out. hopefully i made third class! the OS3 position is pretty open though, so all i had to do was pretty much show up and write my name on the test and turn it in, and id still make it...

getting ready to pull into port (finally). 45 days straight of sea. yea its time to see land.

good to know this cruise is almost over and ill soon be home!

the 5th anniversary of 9/11.

i havent anything to say, so i leave with this:

"YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN."

CRUISE UPDATE:

less than 90 days to go. now its a countdown...



also, 18 weeks until im 21. a countdown as well.....

THIS IS CRAZY:

Steve Irwing, the "Crodile Hunter", died today.

how?

a sting ray barb to the chest!!

killed by a freakin sting ray! after all the gators and tigers and aggressive animals he dealt with, a mere soft bellied sea creature gets him.

yea if thats not ironic, i dont know what is...

18 more days until i take my third class exam!

ill finally have some rank and authority in the Navy...


other news: we got rid of our detainees!
we transported them to the USS Cole.

its their problem now ha.