Well, as all of you know, I am stationed here in Oahu, Hawaii onboard the USS Hopper (DDG70). I will be here until June of 2013 and then will transfer hopefully back to the east coast. I think for the few months I have been here, I have spent more time underway than on land. But it was nice to finally get back to a ship. The truth was I was really starting to miss it. I am still working on all my qualifications and have a long way to go while try to complete them. The big one is going to be my ESWS qual that has to be done in 18 months. It sounds like a long time to accomplish it, but believe me when I say it is harder that it seems.
We pulled in at the beginning of August for a month underway doing our part in RIMPAC 2010. Dont really care to do another one of those again. To me, it was a wast of money spending that much time out to see when we were not doing anything but going back and forth around Hawaii. Will also be heading out a couple more times before the end of September for a few weeks here and there.
For adventuring around Oahu, I have really had much of a chance to do to many things, but have gotten one hike in and also went to North Shore and also to the NorthWest side of the island. I didnt know there were so many homeless people here on the island. Makes you open your eyes to what is going on around the United States.
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