"Okay, Petty Officer Eddy, you are good to go," said the helpful NMPS (Navy Mobilization Processing Site) official as she signed my check-out sheet. "Good luck & see you when you come back!"
And with that I was medically cleared by the Navy to ship out. Now all that remains for me to do is to complete some personnel paperwork & forms & then I'm done. Then I will be ready to go through my job-specific training.
Until that day arrives, however, I will have to wait. For at least another two weeks which seems to be a waste of time to me. Regardless, I'm still getting paid the same so I'm not complaining; however, if I were a tax-paying citizen (& I still am) I suppose I would be. By the way, did I thank you all for your support yet?
Now, while I may have heard those magical "good to go" words some of my shipmates have not. Out of an estimated 250 sailors that were mobilized & shipped up here to Norfolk, VA., I would say at least 20 people have been disqualified & sent home for various reasons. Most of them were women &, no, they are not pregnant. But to a person they were disappointed at being sent home. Probably because they feel as if they have let their shipmates down.
Because so many of us were disqualified the rumor mill has already begun to spin its wild tales almost as efficiently as Charlotte spun her webs in "Charlotte's Web". Tales like we're over-manned so the NMPS is tasked to whittle our numbers down by cutting those who have even minor discrepancies. But I don't think that's true. The Navy expects to disqualify as many as 10% of those mobilized, & 20 out of 250 is well within that range.
I regret that I don't have anything more profound than news to report at this time. Hopefully no one will hold that against me. But I do want to say thanks publically to Todd for his encouraging words, & I want all of you to know that I do look at all posts posted on this blog. So, please, feel free to post.
Until next time, God bless you all.
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Hi Daddy! I miss you so much. I just got done reading your latest post. I am doing very well in CC and am working very hard in my school work. I am finishing a book called Valley of the Moon its a diary filled with historical events. Lauren and I went through our clothes and the ones we don't use we are sending to the Philippines. Isn't that cool! well I love you and miss you.
love,
Kelsey
Hi Craig!
I'm sure waiting to go is tedious! Drake & Bel are still remembering (all on their own) to pray for you!
Any specific prayer requests for us? We'll keep on praying for you.
Take care...
In Christ,
Stacey
Hey SK1 Eddy,
Sounds like everything is going as it always has, nothing has changed with the hurry up and wait. It was the same 40 years ago with me.
I've been keeping tabs on my kid and trying to encourage her as much as a dad can. She misses you terribly but I know she'll be ok. The grandkids seem be handling it ok also.
Nothing much happening up here in Alabama except the cotton's getting higher and ready for harvest. I'm still trying to say ya-all and speak southern, edress has a head cold, both of our stupid dogs got sick and threw up and crapped everywhere, my knee still hurts and I'll have it operated on soon, but other than all that, everything's just hunky dory.
But let's get serious. Keep your head down, don't volunteer for anything, and don't piss off your corpsman.
We love ya Craig and keep you in our prayers, Allan and Edress.
Hey SK1 Eddy,
Sounds like everything is going as it always has, nothing has changed with the hurry up and wait. It was the same 40 years ago with me.
I've been keeping tabs on my kid and trying to encourage her as much as a dad can. She misses you terribly but I know she'll be ok. The grandkids seem be handling it ok also.
Nothing much happening up here in Alabama except the cotton's getting higher and ready for harvest. I'm still trying to say ya-all and speak southern, Edress has a head cold, both of our stupid dogs got sick and threw up and pooped everywhere, my knee still hurts and I'll have it operated on soon, but other than all that, everything's just hunky dory.
But let's get serious. Keep your head down, don't volunteer for anything, and don't tick off your corpsman.
We love ya Craig and keep you in our prayers, Allan and Edress.
It's me again,
On my serious notes, I forgot to tell the most important of them all.......Stay away from four wheelers, resist at all cost. Bad things will happen to you if you even think about riding one, and we know what I mean, don't we Craig. That is all....carry on. Allan.
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