...it could be worse...
flickr: USS Essex
With the ship in the rear view mirror and my career as a Marine coming to a close I have a feeling I’ll have a lot of free time once I get out. Worried that I might have a problem with being a sloth sitting on a couch watching Japanese TV for countless [...]
It’s windy when you’re going 18 knots at midnight.
Without the moon it’s hard to find the line between the sky and the ocean.
You can hear the wave’s crashes but where they hit you can’t pinpoint.
The noise is immense but it becomes soothing after awhile.
*sigh* I am not cut out for this ship life thing,
I really [...]
“You are the winner!†I heard these words last night when I completed a game called Unreal Tournament 2004 and man, that game kicked my ass for awhile. While on deployment I beat Starcraft & Broad War, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2004, Shellshock: Nam ‘67, Diablo 2: LOD, Scrabble, Doom 3, and F.E.A.R. Of course [...]
Just not to confuse anyone but these entries are from my first few weeks on ship. Guess what? I am back on ship for another mission. I can’t talk about it, but just know that I only got to spend a few hours with Hiromi when we ported in Okinawa. Now I am back at [...]
Ship log – Monday
Losing count of the days so you’ll have to resort to a calendar to figure out how many nights have gone by without you noticing. If your one of the few Marines that showers every night then you will know the number of nights because the pain that the high pressure showers [...]
When I was on ship, I would write from time to time on my computer. I couldn’t release them yet because we were still on ship, but now that we are here, I can. I will post up two per day. I only have 6 so without futher ado, behold ship life from my eyes…
Ship [...]
Less then a week on board and I’m wanting to go back so bad. Sleeping is the hard part. Between the noises, rocking, and small space in the bed,its hard to go to sleep in cold temp. for me at least. Just a few more days…
Always wonder why Marines are so restricted on Okinawa? This is why. A Marine convicted of murder back in 1995 was released from Japanese prison recently. He’ll fly to the US and be seperated out of the service. What makes this so strange is that he only served 11 years for a brutal attack on [...]
It’s so damn hot… milk was a bad choice.
-Ron Burgundy, the Anchorman; Will Ferrell
Although chocolate milk was the diary product I choose to consume as apposed to milk, it was still damn hot outside. Okinawa’s temperatures don’t really drop until sometime near the end of October and even then, a simple walk to the chow [...]
