Thursday November 01, 2007
Thursday November 01, 2007 Happy 1 Year Anniversary, Division 905.
And five more years left. They weren't kidding when I signed my contract promising two extra years of training. Give myself another six more months if all goes well, and maybe just maybe I'll finally report to my ship! Oh to be a technician... Actually, classes have started three weeks early for me, finishing up auxiliary systems (three 1 week long classes) then it's AN/SQS-56 maintenance. At this point, unless I get pulled from this training pipeline it looks like my fate is sealed to be aboard a frigate. I've heard sea stories of the water being so bad, you could almost walk on the bulkheads! Talking more and more to frigate sailors, I'm getting the idea that shipboard life is going to suck. But hey, you're out there to do a job and quite honestly being a tech doesn't seem that bad (definitely beats being undesignated - no paint chippin' for me!).
Still stuck on a training command (but it is San Diego so I can't complain too much). Milestones during my first year in the Navy would possibly be getting rated and then putting on 3rd class and my last month in Chicago. Something I looked forward to around this time is switching back to blues, the MGIB stops collection from my rediculous government income meaning I'll be $100 richer a month from now on. Oh yeah, and my annual clothing allowance to pay for all those dry cleans and alterations. More money is always a good thing. I like to think of it as an early Christmas bonus which I'm pretty sure we won't be getting. ;) Going out with a couple of buddies from my boot division (at least the ones that remain here on base as fellow sonar techs) for a beer or two for celebration's sake. Can't get too drunk tonight, tomorrow morning I have "graduation" for my final week long class. :P
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