Monthly Archives: October 2010
Serious Stuff
Just on board First thing I see is this poster
POSTED It’s Time
At “Hotel Pier,” Pearl Harbor, Hawaii She is massive! Seventeen stories Ten above the water line, seven below 4.5 acres of flight deck- catapults and runways Five story numerals on her tower “72” (Her U.S. Navy designation is “CVN-72”) Home the past seven months to 6,500 sailors in every function – aviation, electronics, nuclear reactors, … Continue reading It’s Time
He’s Off! … And Thinking
Up early (hardly slept) Now walking the airport corridors to the gate… Thinking – first time traveling solo in years (Normally with family or a “giggle” of clowns to some exotic place) Thinking – the eleven days ahead At sea with working sailors and their families Thinking – we’ve clowned for thousands of returning Service … Continue reading He’s Off! … And Thinking