Saturday, October 04, 2008

Mobilizing

Thanks to everyone's support leading up to my mobilization and my leaving home. Things have been busy. The working hours we set up are Sunday 1300-1800, Mon-Fri 0600-1800. It's not so bad for us who are away from family and living in the 'Q' (Q is for Quarters, as in Bachelor Officers Quarters). For those who are local to San Diego it's tough as they have their normal commute to deal with and the normal household duties. While I miss Cheryl and the kids, when I get home everynight I just have to find some food to eat and then I get to relax and fall asleep.
So let me show you where I'm staying. As you can see from the pictures, it's simply a hotel room.


The view is quite nice. The one looking out to the ocean is great. What you are seeing there is where the SEALS BUDS training is. A couple of weeks ago at about 9pm explosions and gunshots started going off as they started "Hell Week" for the current class. It lasted for about 45 minutes. Some nights you can hear them out there as well.



On Friday mornings we go out there to do platoon runs

That's me on the right of the picture in the yellow shirt getting ready to take over the cadence calling. Platoon runs can be really slow as you go as slow as the slowest runner, but it they do a lot for esprit de corps. Before you know if you've run for 30 minutes.