So the next few posts might be a little confusing … Yes, I am in Newport, RI and at Navy OCS.  And no, I don’t have access to my blog to write new posts.  But here’s one anyway!  It is a few days before OCS and I’m scheduling a few posts to be published throughout [...]

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Today is Thursday.  Sunday morning I report to Navy OCS.  I don’t have my official orders yet. Eh… the wait for my official orders is frustrating, nerve racking, and uneventful all at the same time.  While my processor, who my orders get sent to me through, is doing her best to get me my orders, [...]

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Over the past few months as I have accepted an offer in the US Navy, gotten married, and graduated college among other events, I have stated many times over to family and friends, “life changes quickly!” I have no real complaints about change.  In fact I welcome it.  If every day were the same as [...]

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Continuing on my military/Navy booklist, I just finished reading John McCain’s “Faith Of My Fathers.”  It took me a little while to get into the book as when I first started reading it.  I was in the process of moving and getting married.  But now that things have gotten back to more of a routine, [...]

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Last night, I finished Marcus Luttrell and Partrick Robinson’s book, “Lone Survivor”. It was rather interesting. Marcus Luttrell is a Navy SEAL that during Operation Redwing was as the title says (and not giving away much of the story) the lone survivor. Overall, it was a very quick read.  The book reads in a very [...]

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