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time for the ship work up

2008-10-01T23:00:00.000-07:00

well it's that time to leave again after only being home for about 4 weeks time to go again for a work up on the USS John C Stennis it is a big aircraft carrier alot of things can go wrong on the flight deck makes me a little nervous but i will just have to keep my head on a swivel and watch out for all the many things that can go wrong we'll be gone about 6 weeks the last workup we have to do before cruise heard it's gonna be a long one around 7 months and possible be home for 3 or so weeks and go back out for a 4 month surge so that means i'll be gone for about 11 months in the year 2009 this is getting to be quite a commitment i'm glad my wife loves me it'll make things a lot easier and so much sweeter to come home when i can lay a big kiss on her and say i've missed you so i'm glad to be home back with you again finally and i won't have to leave you again can't wait for that day only yr and 2 months after the surge i'll have less then a month of service left can't wait counting the days

time for work up's

2008-08-09T20:00:00.000-07:00

well just getting to the squadron still trying to get aquainted with the new Aircraft totally different then i've ever worked on before still it is challenging and fun to learn something new and now i get to go to another new place fallon navada i am hoping it will be a good time i know i will miss my wonderful wife very much and will have to take advantage of the cell phone and call her all the time to tell her how much i love and adore her and miss her very much it will be about 31 days apart that a long time for me to be away it'll be hard but i thank god for my strong wife who will be there to support me i love her so till next time

well it's time for sea duty

2008-07-01T23:41:00.000-07:00

well we had a good time at my brothers marks wedding and now it's time to move from san diego to ventura ca to change duty stations from hsl 49 to vaw 112 i'm hoping things will be fun little time to find a house get settled and start work all big tasks i'm greatful for a good wife who is willing to get up and come with me and leave friends behind yet again. i am excited for the future i hope we can make good friends here like we did in san diego should be a easy tour only have a yr and a half left of the navy hopefully it'll go smoothly and i can get out unharmed.

it's been a while

2008-06-07T09:35:00.000-07:00

Well there are a lot of changes going on right now and its been a while since i have had time to sit down and write a new blog on here. Some of the changes right now is that I've made E-4 at my job in the military. My title now is "aviation machinist mate 3rd class petty officer of the united states navy" Or AD3 to shorten it up a bit. Some other changes are that we are moving from San Diego to north of LA to Ventura county. I have new orders to report to VAW-112 by July11 " the Golden Hawks" so will no longer be a scorpion at HSL-49 as of June 16 . With having to move a long distance there is always the trouble of finding time to go there and look for a place. while getting all other business in order. Like getting all my transfer paperwork and physicals done when they are overbooked and you have a hard time getting a appointment to see them to get it done. Then my youngest brother is also getting married during this hectic time so i have to go home to see him tie the knot, as if things weren't busy enough. I'll try to do better on keeping this thing up see ya soon

rachelles baptism

2008-06-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

Rachelle got baptised on June 1st 2008 by our pastor Jermey McGarity from seven san diego church the lake was cold she said but the view was pretty breath taking

red bull air race in san diego

2007-09-22T13:32:00.000-07:00

we went to the red bull air race it was really fun and it wouldn't take much to make it a bad day the way they were so close to the ground and making really sharp turns in the bay of San Diego one mistake would've been costly but it didn't happen thankfully and they were racing against the clock and they had to go through the course 2 times which took them about a minute and a half and it was all over and had to wait for the next plane to come in and try it but while you were waiting they had a helicopter doing tricks like a roll upside down which to me is kind of loony but they must have had some kind of special rotor head that would keep them in the air or the pilot was really good because i know if we tried that in our birds we'd be pulled to the earth faster then gravity but it was a good time and we got our eyes full of some spectacular pilots also they had the military doing several fly bys in f-18's S-3's prowlers and a couple other ones and also did some in flight refueling showing off what they can do

well we're headed home again

2007-09-08T07:52:00.001-07:00

well in about 4 days we'll be heading home for another wedding on Sep 15 for one of my good friends we'll be flying home on weds and staying till the following weds looking forward to seeing everyone and having some good rest and relaxation maybe even go fishing would love to do that it's been a while since we've done that well we have my in-laws staying with us tonight to take them to the airport so they can go on a Alaskan cruise for a week I'm sure they'll have a good time i guess what got them interested in cruises is the one dinner cruise we took them on in the San Diego bay where they have a 7 course meal and go around the bay which is really nice well that's about all the news i have for now will tell ya about our visit home when we get back

Rachelle's birthday

2007-09-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

well unfortunately since our squadron was reworking the way we do work i had to work part of the day till about noon for a safety stand down where they talk about safety issues that are going on but after my division officer found out it was her birthday he decided to take us out for lunch and buy for us and the rest of my shop he suggested that we go to Dicks Last Resort which is a little different kind of restaurant the waiters and waitresses are rude to you and you are to be rude back it was a little different then we were used too but fun. Divo's bill when it was all over buying food for everyone and drinks the bill had to be close to 400$ which was very nice of him to do and we had a very good time after we went to go see a movie and dinner at olive garden with some friends we have out here that we hang out with all the time and had a very nice evening also so that was Rachelle's birthday till next time

Our change of command at hsl 49

2007-08-23T21:51:00.000-07:00

well today we had our change of command where we get a new commanding officer of our squadron our old CO was commander connelly and our new CO is our old executive officer commander Frazier which i think will be a excellent commanding officer I'm glad its all over with because there is so much work in getting the building and everything ready for the change we had to paint everything get everything set up for the ceremony and had to get our full dress whites ready all for about an hr and a half long ceremony the old CO had a speech and had a guest speaker the captain of the uss boxer and then the old CO read his new orders saying that he was to report to a different command and wait till he is properly relieved by his replacement and so after his orders were read the new CO read his orders saying that he was supposed to take command at hsl 49 and relieve the old CO after he was done reading he turned to the old CO and says " i properly relieve you of your duties" the old CO salutes and says " I stand relieved" and then it's official that the new CO has command from that moment until he is relieved which will be about a yr to a yr and 3 months approximately then they had the band play and the retirement of the colors (the united states flag) and the ceremony was over of course we had to stand at attention the whole time and only one person passed out usually there are a few but i guess we got lucky this year the helicopter looked very nice it had the torpedo and the missiles and the .50 Cal machine gun on there which i have pics of below and the best part of it is we got the rest of the day off and Fri off which is always nice

2nd wedding anniversary 7/24/05

2007-07-24T10:46:00.000-07:00

Well today is our 2nd year anniversary. And its been a great one even though we both had to work. We went to go see two movies Harry Potter and Die Hard which were both very good. Also i came up with this habit that i would call our anniversary our honeymoon. "It's our second honeymoon" i would say and Rachelle would always correct me ha ha. But to me it's like i never came home from my honeymoon it's like we're on ours still to this day, so maybe I'm not wrong. I'm still madly in love and treat her as if we are still on our honeymoon. Maybe if we're lucky we can keep that for a lifetime that wouldn't that be awesome.

how rachelle's job is going

2007-07-23T10:37:00.000-07:00

Well Rachelle got back safe and sound last sat and since she has sold one closet and one garage. She has sold so far every meeting she went to so far. And she really seems to enjoy it a lot. Closet world sells more then just closets they sell things to organize your garage and workbench to set up a offices, and pantries. So they can be useful to organize any room pretty much in the house. And I've seen some of they're products and they are really made well, can be a little on the expensive side but your getting some quality for it.

Rachelle's Job Training

2007-07-16T23:22:00.000-07:00

Well i get to spend this week with just Maggie, Rachelle is up in L.A. this week for 5 days to get her job training for her new job at closet world. She is learning how to design closets for people who want to organize there old closet or if they are building a new house and want shelves etc in their closet. Who knows maybe she'll get to design someone a closet for someone famous. That would be neat. Well i talked to her tonight she made it up to L.A. fine and seems to enjoy it so far. I just can't wait to get her back i miss her. I pray for her safe trip back well that's all the new news i have for today I'll write again when something else interesting happens

4TH OF JULY!!!

2007-07-04T23:19:00.000-07:00

Well for the 4 th of July we came across some free tickets to the San Diego Padres. It is a new park which is very sharp and comfortable seats even up in the nose bleed section that we were at. For the 4th they had something a little special for the national anthem, they had all the military uniforms from the beginning of this country all the way to the present time it was neat to see how the uniforms progressed through the times. Durning the song they shot off the old muskets, and had a navy singer sing the anthem. In support of the troops the padres also wore they're special camouflage uniforms. The game was a close one against the Florida Marlins. At first looked like it may be a blow out because the first pitch of the game the Marlins cracked a triple, but soon it became a battle of the pitchers for a scoreless game all the way up to the bottom of the 9th when the padres loaded up the bases and then hit another one into the outfield to end the game at 0-1 PADRES WIN!!! after the game they had a nice display of fireworks. well i hope all of you had a fun safe holiday and till next time we'll see ya later

well we got Rachelle's green card

2007-06-13T12:55:00.000-07:00

Well after about a year and 11 months we finally had her final meeting for Rachelle's green card for her permanent residency. It's just too bad it wasn't after our second anniversary which is July 24 because then we wouldn't have all the restrictions and we wouldn't have to go back 21 months later to get the restrictions removed. oh well at least she is able to work legally in this country finally. Our lawyer was surprised on how quickly our meeting went it was about a 1/2 hr long and most of it was stamping all our paperwork. they only asked us a few questions that really weren't that hard the lawyer had us scared on how they grill you about every little thing but we didn't have that and he was very surprised maybe because i was in my dress whites might of helped or all the pictures we had together might have been enough proof that it wasn't a fake marriage. But i don't know that i really care just as long as it was approved at the end it has been such a weight lifted off the both of us. Not having to worry anymore about explaining how she got into the country ect. now we just have to wait three years before she can get her citizenship which may mean i'll have to extend for 6 months in the navy in order to do this out here with the excellent lawyer we have so we can make sure its done right and she don't loose her Canadian citizenship.

Tim's wedding

2007-06-09T12:55:00.000-07:00

Well we just got back from Niles for my brothers tim and his new wife Lisa's wedding. Which was very nice wedding. And durning the reception my other brother Mark purposed to his girl friend Laura by putting a ring under her seat and saying that the bride and groom has put a prize under one of the guests seats and to look she of course got the prize instantly started crying and shaking. mark got down and asked her to marry him and she of course said yes yay so he'll be getting married next year. My mom said the best part of the reception was that she got to dance with all three boys that was her highlight of the evening. They had a good turnout for they're wedding and everything went off without a hitch. thankgoodness

heading home for brothers wedding

2007-06-04T21:19:00.000-07:00

Well this coming Friday we will be getting on that plane and taking that 4 hr flight home which is kind of short compaired to how many hours it took to drive it. But i'm sure it will be a good trip home. Well get to be in my brothers wedding which is a honor to do that he's always been good to me. And will get to see as many family, old friends as i can cram into 3 days. then its back to have our immigration meeting on that wednesday hopefully all goes well with that keeping the fingers crossed. Well guess i'm out of things to say until the next posting talk to you all soon!!

memorial day

2007-05-28T19:19:00.000-07:00

Well we had a good memorial day weekend spent it over at our good friends Tom and Aya's house. Where we had a cook out and played with the kids. I got to hold the newborn Patricia Summers shes about 3 months old very cute baby and Michael , Jose and Mary Jane had fun in the pool. It was a good time with good food.

i made PC

2007-05-27T10:28:00.000-07:00

well some good news i passed a board that made me a plane captain so now i have a say in what the pilots do until i release them to fly plane captain is a very important job its the first qualification you can get but also alot of responisbility because the crew for that aircraft is trusting you that you did your job correctly and found all the problems for that aircraft and got them fixed before they fly and then we also become the pilots eyes around the aircraft so the aircraft, building or somebody else doesn't get hurt. the board had 15 people cheifs and officers hammering questions " what would you do in this situation?" and its an emergency situation and you have to react accorrdingly and keep a good head on your shoulders or something bad will happen so thats whats going on with me hope you understand at least a lil bit what a plane captain does

we've been busy

2007-05-13T12:57:00.000-07:00

Well we had a nice time with my Aunt Pat and my cousin Conner and even my brother Mark was able to spend some time with us. We had a good time at the zoo finally got the pics up there we've been busy bees lately haven't had much time to post on here. We finally are moved into our new house we are renting it is a 3 bed 2 bath with a garage and a yard it is very nice we will post some pics when we are finished unpacking. Had a whole lot more stuff then we counted on even though we got rid of alot of stuff. And as you can see we just got our computer set up so i can continue with the updates as things happen. Hope everything is going well with you all and have a nice day!

My Aunt Pat comes to visit.

2007-03-30T10:59:00.000-07:00

well yesterday my Aunt Pat and her grandson Conner came to visit us in San Diego and we're getting ready to go to the San Diego Zoo today will post some pics from our trip soon

whats going on

2007-03-11T17:33:00.000-07:00

well lately I've been going to school in the navy, to learn more indepth on the hellicopter engines i work on. It has been really easy for me, I've got 100% on all my test and i'm supposed to be graduating on tues of this week