I finally got orders, and they are to San Diego. I will be detaching this command early next year and will be off to school, then to my new command. When I received notification that I was denied orders, and asked if they denied all of my requests, I was told yes. With that, I was requested to call to negotiate orders and I told them what I wanted, a ship in San Diego. Only three ships were available and two of them were big decks, which I told myself in the beginning that I was going to stay away from those. My last option was a small boy that I am used to and I got verbal approval of the offer.
Now I must wait for the paper copy to roll into message traffic so that I can figure out when and how I am going to get out of this place. I have been out here for over 2 1/2 years and it got really old quick. I guess as people left and new people rolled in, it was different adapting to however they did work. I was really used to how things went in the beginning, and when a change of command occured, things just went crazy with their policies and way to conduct business. Now I am going to a new command and being in the FDNF, I am used to how I do business and going to a ship that spends a lot more time inport than I am used to. The second we get underway I have high expectations only because that is what the FDNF has taught me.
I will do my best not to be that guy no one wants to work with because I want work to get done and will be an asshole to make sure it gets done, but the Navy is Navy, and I will bring the FDNF standards to San Diego, the useful ones anyways. And, I don’t mind being corrected, especially being in an area where things are done completely different than what is expected in the FDNF. Hopefully I will get Workcenter Supervisor and CSTT while I am there, since I am not getting it here.
I can finally be with my family again and spend a lot more time with my Dad like I used to. I will definately miss Japan and the good times I had. One thing I can expect is a lot of my friends from here will be in San Diego, so I won’t miss things too much. I am ready to start over yet pick up where I left off! San Diego here I come!
Let me know when you’re back man.
Good for you. Just remember about the grass always being greener. Allot of the same policies that were in Japan are making their way Stateside. When I got to Hawaii I was expecting pineapple Navy but got the complete opposite. There’s always going to be good points and bad points of whatever command you’re at. You’re going to get there and say this is jacked up and this is being done wrong or not being done. It’s a cycle. And the entire Navy is shifting to the FWD deployed mentality, constant readiness is the new priority for every ship.
But it’s always nice to have budiies in the area from your last command…(Last ship) peeps are sticking together a bit in HI too…it’s kinda funny.
Yeah! The military is rough, at times. When things finally fall into place, it is a wonderful feeling. I thank God every day for people strong enough to protect their country by serving it. You are quite a blessing and one of the few positive people in my life. I love you, bro