The best part of deployments are the homecomings — and the worst part of deployments are the homecomings. As each day counts down and your homeport draws near, time slows to a crawl, the clock seems to freeze and restlessness grows. Nervous energy abounds as do anyone of a number of “oh yeah, we also [...] [...]
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Well, it’s been a short piece since we last heard from our deployed correspondent, Charles, and that from Hong Kong. He checks in today (well, actually a couple days ago but we’ve been a mite bit overtasked at the day job of late.. Yeah, yeah, yeah — whine, whine….) with another underway note: SJS, So [...] [...] If it’s Saturday, this must be Hong Kong…and time for another postcard from our deployed correspondent: SJS, So I am in one of my father’s favorite ports and a few of the old WestPac sailors favorite ports as well. Hong Kong. Home of fast action films, mainland Asian banking, and an every changing landscape. To [...] [...] Milestones. We live our lives and measure our time while deployed by milestones. Workups, CQ, “safe-to-deploy,” night qual’d – those are all milestones. First day underway, first trap of deployment, last night the lights of home are visible on the far horizon. . . We chop from one fleet to another in our transit; turnover [...] [...] AT1 checks in today with a post about routines – daily and otherwise. Folks who have never been to sea or put to sea for extended periods often ask how one gets by on a day-to-day basis, what with the monotony of the scenery and smallness of the ship and all. My answer is, as [...] [...] |
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