Like I said earlier, I rarely had money troubles in the Navy, but going to mast and losing half month’s pay for two months hurts. Luckily though, I got some back-pay that the Navy owed me. I was sitting around at the tagout team office looking at my Leave & Earnings Statement and AlaskanAssassin came […]
Category Archives: Career
Taco goes to Mast, Darko becomes a civilian – September 2005
The date was Thursday, August 1st, 2005 and I had duty. The previous afternoon, before leaving work, I had turned in my TLD for monthly reading and documentation. So after turnover Thursday morning I went up to Newt and told him to get me a new TLD. He was crabby or something and told me […]
Augment, Spring 2005
When we got to the airport, I ordered a pizza and scarfed it; it was delicious. It’s odd how everything tastes, smells, and looks better when you’re in a good mood like that. It’s like a high no drug can match. The flight was awesome. International flights offer free booze. I pounded about three Jack-and-Cokes […]
Yokosuka, Japan ..and the end of my WestPac ’04-’05
On 26 Feb 2005, we finally pulled into Yoko, a day that Romy and I had been counting down to since the first Guam stop. We were here finally! It was cold and snowy. I had duty the first night in, but I found a way off the boat. They were looking for volunteers to […]
TACO QUALIFIES IN SUBMARINES, Qual Board 14 Oct 2004
The time had come for me to finally put all the sub qual crap behind me. It involved going around and getting signatures on a 4 page “qual card.” I had finally gotten all the requisite signatures and was ready to go to my board. A board usually lasts an hour at the most; mine […]
Promotion – Spring 2004
OFFICER PACKAGE AND DRB; LAST DAYS OF APRIL 2004 The Navy had a program called ‘STA-21’ whereby enlisted men can catapult themselves to the officer ranks. They are required to file paperwork and submit themselves to a rigorous interview process. It’s the Navy equivalent to a lottery and if applicants are extremely lucky, they will […]
