Saturday, February 09, 2008
We Come Full Circle
Well, almost 17 years to the day I got on a plane and headed off to Great Lakes for boot camp...I sit again in the same room I did awaiting my ride to Great Lakes Recruit Training Command.
The room is a little different, I'm a little older but I think it is funny that I haven't been back here since that night all those years ago and here I am again.
Funny...
The room is a little different, I'm a little older but I think it is funny that I haven't been back here since that night all those years ago and here I am again.
Funny...
Labels: Great Lakes, Kerns, Navy
Friday, February 08, 2008
Flying from here to there
I am not a fan of flying. I really don't think I really ever have been. It really developed for me when I got stationed in Hawaii and I had to fly over water for five hours. Lets face it, if that warning light comes on there is no where to land out there in the middle of the big blue.
However, this is something I endure as it is part of my job.
Leaving Diego Garcia...heck I don't know how long ago it's been. Time gets wishy-washy when you are out here going from country to country.
Anyway, I left Diego Garcia on a military transport KC-10. Talk about no frills flying...me, some cargo and a box lunch I paid $3.85 for. There were also some other people and their lunches too.
So 10 hours of flying between Diego and Yakota, Japan, with no in flight movie or flight attendents. Just me and the cargo.
You know it really wasen't that bad...a bot boring but not bad.
Now I am sitting in the Narita, Japan, airport waiting to get on this HUGE 777 to fly back to the states.
It looks like a sound aircraft..but I still hate flying.
So...in 11 hours I will be in Chicago...more then...I wonder what the in flight movie will be?
However, this is something I endure as it is part of my job.
Leaving Diego Garcia...heck I don't know how long ago it's been. Time gets wishy-washy when you are out here going from country to country.
Anyway, I left Diego Garcia on a military transport KC-10. Talk about no frills flying...me, some cargo and a box lunch I paid $3.85 for. There were also some other people and their lunches too.
So 10 hours of flying between Diego and Yakota, Japan, with no in flight movie or flight attendents. Just me and the cargo.
You know it really wasen't that bad...a bot boring but not bad.
Now I am sitting in the Narita, Japan, airport waiting to get on this HUGE 777 to fly back to the states.
It looks like a sound aircraft..but I still hate flying.
So...in 11 hours I will be in Chicago...more then...I wonder what the in flight movie will be?
Labels: Diego Garcia, I/A, Japan, KC-10, Kerns
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