Now I am no expert in leadership.  My leadership journey, specifically as an Officer in the US Navy is really just at its beginnings.  But one thing that I have to keep reminding myself of, sometimes daily, is that there is no one key, no cookie cutter example of the perfect leader. Today, I attended [...]

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You know, hotel living isn’t all too bad.  It has it’s perks.  But it is also tough to call it home.  We have had a few ups and downs of hotel living since we’ve been in San Antonio for about 18 days now.  The room is nice, split up between bedroom/family room/kitchen/bathroom/walk-in closet.  Much better [...]

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Navy Officer Candidate School is done.  On 22OCT2010 I graduated from the school and commissioned as an Officer in the United States Navy.  This is an accomplishment that I am extremely proud of and very happy that I made the decision to raise my right hand.  It has been over a week since I graduated [...]

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Well it is October.  If everything has gone exactly as planned, I will be graduating/commissioning coming up on October 22nd (I think).  If things haven’t quite gone as planned, well you might be seeing some more Gone at Navy OCS : part X posts. We’ll see!

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It has been one month since I reported to OCS.  Hopefully everything has been going well.  Today’s post is in remembrance of my grandfather who passed away a few months ago.  He was a Marine (as was my grandmother) and he was even a Marine Drill Instructor at one point. “Stay strong.” ~Grandpap PS. Happy birthday to [...]

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