No, I am not MIA/POW, nor am I UA. With that, I am also no longer in San Diego, for the time being anyways. That is right; I am currently TAD out to the Middle East. I am not going to say where and what I am doing for OPSEC purposes, but an IT was needed and I was qualified to fill the position. I am in a safe area though, and feel confident that no attacks are going to affect me while I am here. Have there been some attacks? Yes, but nowhere near I am currently at. Don’t worry, though, I have not become complacent in that nothing will ever happen. Every drive, I am always looking out to make sure nothing happens to me or those I am with.
Though I am not in San Diego like I wanted to, I did mention before that going out here would be an option for me. I didn’t mention, though, that the ship I currently am attached to is in the yards for re-modernization to keep it going for many more years and that being IA would have been a better career move since my ship is just sitting in the yards for the good portion of the year billet I am filling. Had I not gone IA, yeah, I would have been WCS, CSTT and other such things a 2nd class does when one arrives to a new command. I can say that the billet I am filling out here is normally filled by an E-6 or E-7, so I definitely am gaining some experience points doing this. Plus, the command I am at has the Expeditionary Warfare (EXW) program going and I am almost finished with that. Not only will my chest say I am salty, but I was sandy as well.
I will be back to my command next year, but only for three more months to finish up my sea time and move on to shore duty. That’s right, I am in my orders window once again and just like last time, I am not getting anything. Well, I have only selected for once cycle so far, but for the three billets I put in for, I didn’t get anything. This cycle has hit an all time low, though, because there are not IT2 billets for San Diego. As much as I would love to stay in San Diego, I can’t just sit out a cycle, so I put in for orders on the East Coast. Don’t worry; I didn’t put anything in for Virginia because any IT will tell you that those billets won’t get you anywhere.
Hopefully I won’t wait as long as I did to put up a new post.