Yes, I have my exact dates of arrival to not just to my next command, but to an intermediate stop in between for school. I will be detaching this place and making a stop in Virginia for school for a good month. As much as I dislike the east coast, I wont mind a month out there because I will at least get to see places like Washington DC. Baseball season will also have already started so maybe a stop in Boston to see the Red Sox game. At no point under my own free will would I ever go to Virginia, but since the Navy is making me go for a month, might as well make the best of it and go to places I would never want to make a living in.
I am going to another ship, but because I am coming from the FDNF, and only have a year of sea duty left for my rotation, I only will be at my command for a year. Three months on board and I will already be up for orders and I will do my shore duty. Still not sure what I plan on doing because I will only have a year left before my EAOS when I go to shore duty. I plan on staying in California for shore, and if I do re-enlist, it would be for 3 years and only if they let me extend on shore for a year and do 4 years shore. If that is a possibility, then when I complete my shore duty I will not go out to sea again and put in for separation.
We’ll see what the future has in store, but for now let the count down begin for when I leave this place!