We floated the ditch today...good riddance! No more sand, except on beaches. No more heat! No more retarded tasking. No more shaving! I just had to. I dropped 20 bucks to MWR so I can not shave till I get home. I feel so lazy! So now of course, there are people wandering around all over the place sick. Sea sickness is a funny thing. On ( Read more... )

Ok, sleep deprivation is getting the best of me I think. I can't say anyone is annoying me, or that i'm having a bad time with it, but man...ESWS sucks! Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist...the end game of my sea time. Once I get this little pin, I can look forward to my nice cushy job behind a desk. One that wont leave the local area of my ( Read more... )

I get off of watch today and have to stay awake for fresh water wash down. This event is one of those things that just sometimes makes no sense. You see, the ship is dirty, and has salt on it, so we need to clean it up. Ok, first of all, of course it's got dirt and salt on it. We were in port at a place in the desert, and it's a ship...that ( Read more... )

So I'm laying in my rack today after a long night of work. I work from midnight to noon. First thing, as always, I have to get my nightly report ready. It takes about 6 hours to complete. No problem. I finish it and head to breakfast. No problem. As some of you may know, there was an incident today involving two US warships in Jordan. Again ( Read more... )

Ok, where to start? With as much crazy shit that happens out here, I honestly have no idea where to begin. So lets start with this ( Read more... )