Saturday, April 17, 2004
So anyway, looks like my orders selection saga has come to a conclusion, complete with a cliffhanger ending.I haven't spoken, at length, about the newest addition to our chain of command, 'cause quite frankly, the guy infuriates me. Anyhow, to pick orders when it comes time to rotate in the Navy, you have to deal with a "detailer", people with the same job/rate as you that pretty much just assign people to certain billets. Well it just so happens, ENS Ware, the "new" guy, happens to know the current IT detailer, and they've been concerting their efforts to drive me fucking insane.
On one hand, Ware wants me to extend my tour on the mighty Vinson. Not 'til like January or December like he did for J or Johnny-Wise-Ass. They need me for deployment.
Hell no.
I don't know who Ware thinks he is, but I'm not going to VA to do him a favor. Out of the friggin' question.
And the detailer wants me to fill all his hard-to-fill billets in the middle of nowhere. This shit's a nightmare.
So, I toyed with the idea of going to Korea for a year (I mean, Tim Rogers likes it), then I backed out in favor of the Gary, homeported in Yokosuka, which is where I want to be location-wise. I desperately wanted to go to the Blue Ridge but massive amounts of cock blocking is keeping me from there.
Retention my ass.
J's prob'ly going to the Stennis.
Mo's looking at the Bridge.
So maybe they'll visit.
The game plan now, is to collect my $30 Grand, hang out around Yoko' for the next few years, do a little more traveling around my favorite neigboorhoods, live out my fantasies and bounce.
FTN.
posted by Matthew @ 2:24 PM
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