Now in Norfolk

Oct 12, 2015 20:55

The things you can unearth after seven years of accumulating dust, right?

Hello, LJ.

I think I need a social media outlet my mother and immediate family do not have routine observation of.

Ergo, I'm investing myself in this for a short duration.

It's 2015 and I'm now in the military.

I've lived outside my parents' house permanently for the past four years. I joined AmeriCorps in 2011.

I'm in a barracks room in Portsmouth, Virginia with another roommate.

I used to live in Groton, Connecticut aboard the USS Springfield--that situation, fortunately, has come to an end.

I have two years left in my contract and I am eeking out an existence down here that, I hope, is not as tenuous as it was in Groton.

I am 28-years-old. I have a college degree from Temple University in French literature

Je suis licencié en la littérature française.

30 grand of debt so I could write that.

I have a tenuous Iegal situation in the Navy right now because I tried to kiss some guy while the boat was underway.

Not my smoothest move.

But I'm also here in Hampton Roads, Virginia because of a sexual harassment and sexual assault case. It's been a horrible experience. Mostly because I had to be removed from the boat to be investigated for misconduct, then I reported what happened to me at another command where they take their jobs seriously.

It hurts the worst because the senior leadership at Springfield knew all about it ... and did nothing.

Subsequently, my CO was removed for loss of confidence in his ability to command.

Witness statements
Corroboration
Accountability
Homophobia
Assault
Harassment
Incompetence
Brotherhood

Words that run through my mind frequently these past few months.

At the moment, my present task is unpacking these bags from having moved from the barracks in Norfolk.

I hope this is the last time I have to unpack for a while. I'm tired of having to move all the time.

I hope I get my chance to settle down soon.

-Jeff the jackass

An old homage to Jason Brakoniecki and our goofy LJ animal names. I should go snoop at Anthony Marianni's old livejournal like I did when I had a huge crush on him.

I'm much more openly gay these days. Except to my current roommate and command. We'll see if they pass the homophobe test.
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