The Second Step

In a Journey of a Thousand Miles. Power school has been completed! I got out just fine... I had a great 2 week vacation, visiting family and friends back at home, slept a LOT, and read loads of books that contained NO "topical guide objectives," or a table of specs. BITE ME!

BOOK REVIEWS:
I just finished Heinleins "Stranger in a Strange Land," supposedly one of the most famous science fiction novels ever. Very interesting. The ending left me wanting more, something more definitive. However, I think that was the point of the novel, in that "Michael Smith," the Martian, was trying to convey a sense of timelessness & lack of urgency in existence. Too bad I'm only an Earthling, and have to go to work everyday...

Also "The Tipping Point" by Malcom Gladwell. Excellent read, very enlightening. It gives insight into the nature of large scale human interaction. Not much more to be said on that, other than, highly recommended!

NAVY TALK:
Right now, we have started prototype, and it is a complete CLUSTER F**K. The class has a record # of people due to the Navy's infinite wisdom, therefore everything is harder to accomplish due to the crowds (anyone who knows about prototype can relate to this).
However, I'm getting that much closer to the boat, so I'm still excited. And I'm learning a ton of stuff every day.

The favorite outfit of RL DIV (not really):













NAVY NEWS:
I just saw the logo of the USS Hawaii's (SSN-776), a brank spanking new Virginia Class Submarine, the 3rd in its class. It was commissioned on 5 MAY 07, as the first commissioned US Navy vessel to be named after the aloha state. I love Hawaii, and I love submarines... We'll see where my destiny takes me.

Sweet logo huh!















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