Heading back to work

After a long and sad month at home, I am headed back to the ship. I am currently sitting in the Amsterdam airport on a 4 hour layover after my 4th of 5 flights today. I leave for Bahrain in a few hours and then make a trek to my ship via oiler to wherever it is (I would tell you...but then I would have to kill you, sorry). I am literally taking the slow boat to get back to work.  After 10 days of travel I am going to need another break to recover. 

Taking a month off during a Fifth Fleet deployment is not normal, I guess I am benefitting from that "kinder, gentler" Navy Dad is always rolling his eyes at. I am not complaining.  I will need to hit the ground running when I get back since I only have about 2 months left on the ship before I transfer and head to Monterey.

The posts below are from the first half of my deployment starting in March. They are in order, but not dated, sorry.  Enjoy!