Update on Deployment
Yes that is correct! I still use this blasted web site on occasion!
So as the title promised an update on my deployment.
We left for Okinawa Japan on the 25th of August. We spent a good number of days in good old Oki doing training and basically just getting our shit together. On the 27th of September we decided to go out for a cruise on the USS Denver. I don't know if any of you have ever been on a naval ship but for the love of Captain Reynolds (speaking of which has anyone seen the series Castle? That actor is in it and im not sure what to think of it.) don't ever do it. Sleeping on this ship was like sleeping in a loud hot coffin.
After about a week of rolling seas and frustration of the length of the chow line, we departed from the Denver and ended up in the good old Philippines, where every woman is a hooker! For those of you who take offense to that im sorry but i wish i was kidding. There are so many hookers on this god forsaken island its insane. Me and my crew then headed off to the capitol Manila. There we set up shop in a 4 star hotel(yeah thats right. navy went and fronted the bill for a 4 star hotel). While in manila we went on several humanitarian missions throughout the region. We provided emergency medical aid to those who got hit hard by the recent string of typhoons. I even made it on to CNN! In case you happen to look it up (which you won't) im the guy carrying the boxes.
So after that we spent a week in the field. During that time the local kids kept stealing our shit so we erected razor wire to keep em out.
Currently we are staying at a resort waiting to get shipped back to Oki
so thats the whole trip in a nutshell take it easy people.
So as the title promised an update on my deployment.
We left for Okinawa Japan on the 25th of August. We spent a good number of days in good old Oki doing training and basically just getting our shit together. On the 27th of September we decided to go out for a cruise on the USS Denver. I don't know if any of you have ever been on a naval ship but for the love of Captain Reynolds (speaking of which has anyone seen the series Castle? That actor is in it and im not sure what to think of it.) don't ever do it. Sleeping on this ship was like sleeping in a loud hot coffin.
After about a week of rolling seas and frustration of the length of the chow line, we departed from the Denver and ended up in the good old Philippines, where every woman is a hooker! For those of you who take offense to that im sorry but i wish i was kidding. There are so many hookers on this god forsaken island its insane. Me and my crew then headed off to the capitol Manila. There we set up shop in a 4 star hotel(yeah thats right. navy went and fronted the bill for a 4 star hotel). While in manila we went on several humanitarian missions throughout the region. We provided emergency medical aid to those who got hit hard by the recent string of typhoons. I even made it on to CNN! In case you happen to look it up (which you won't) im the guy carrying the boxes.
So after that we spent a week in the field. During that time the local kids kept stealing our shit so we erected razor wire to keep em out.
Currently we are staying at a resort waiting to get shipped back to Oki
so thats the whole trip in a nutshell take it easy people.