In a few days my Chief will be leaving for a six month deployment. Please join me in wishing him a safe return. This is the hardest thing a military family goes through. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. I would say, keep the smile on our face, but for all of you that know ChiefScott, I better not…
I will say, keep the laughter in our hearts. He will be back in town Sunday night for his final few days. I thought these good wishes would be nice waiting for him.
ANY MAN WHO MAY BE ASKED IN
THIS CENTURY WHAT HE DID TO
MAKE HIS LIFE WORTHWHILE…
CAN RESPOND WITH A GOOD DEAL
OF PRIDE AND SATISFACTION,
“I SERVED IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY.”
President
John F. Kennedy
August 1,1963
And to my Chief, your GBS will be waiting on the shore for your ship to sail home again.
That’s nice, GBS. I wish him a bon voyage myself. We’ve exchanged a few posts and I know he was joking when he ragged on me in my “seventy-five degrees” thread here in MPSIMS and in his “Smiley Master” thread in the Pit. It was fun and funny.
I was in the Navy myself, but I was assigned to a Reserve tin can. For anyone who doesn’t know what that is, it’s a destroyer used exclusively to give sailors in the Navy Reserve their required weekends and two consecutive weeks of duty that the Reserve requires. (Or they did when I was in the Navy twenty years ago; the requirements may be different now.) Consequently, I was never at sea for more than two weeks. We went from Alameda, California, to Anchorage, Alaska, one time and, on a separate tour, went to Hawaii and back to Alameda. We also shuttled between Alameda and San Diego a lot.
Anyway, I wish the Chief a good tour and hope you two have a lot of fun together when he gets back.
(Trying not to sound funereal – ) Sorry you have to go but filled with pride to know someone who’s willing to serve me and my country.
p.s. If you get depressed stay away from the consoles with the keys and the big red buttons, okay?
well well said the royal desiccation my political opponents back home always maintained
that i would wind up in hell and it seems they had the right dope
Don Marquis archy interviews a pharaoh
Best wishes for a safe deployment to Chief. And, GirlBySea, I know you have only recently stopped lurking here, but why not stop by the SD chat sometime? We would love to have you there, and it may help you pass the time and give you some people to share stories with. Good luck to both of you!
Zette
Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high.
Didn’t know you were a Chief, Chief. Used to be an avionics tech in the USNR, m’self. Have fun. What are you sailing on? You’re not shipping for six months as a submariner, I hope!
Oh, Girlbysea, I know how you feel! Right now my husband is off doing the military thing, too, and I miss him soooo much! My best wishes are with you & the Chief, and if you ever need a shoulder to weep on, my e-mail is always open.
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