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Home Is Where I Find Myself

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 12

One of the things that I’ve been impressed by is just how quickly things here have changed in our camp. We’ve only been back a handful of days, and already we’ve taken the area from a soggy field, to a soggy tent city. Today in particular we laid down some stone to create paths between tents. Such a seemingly little thing has seemed to change the entire field more than erecting a whole mess of tents on it. Continue reading “Home Is Where I Find Myself”

By Whose Standards?

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 11

Go anywhere in the world and you’ll no doubt find that a common opinion of Americans is “Why do they all expect the rest of the world to be like America?” This is a known quantity. Continue reading “By Whose Standards?”

I Came Though and I Shall Return

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 10

0200 wake up. Wheels up at 0500.

We have officially returned to St. Thomas. Continue reading “I Came Though and I Shall Return”

Soon

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 9/Homestead, FL – Day 4

Today we officially got the word that we are leaving tomorrow morning. Very early tomorrow morning. That will be good though, it will give us plenty of time to get things set up. Continue reading “Soon”

We Made a Racquet

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 8/Homestead, FL – Day 3

I haven’t shaved since Monday. Haven’t been in uniform, haven’t had to. I probably will tomorrow though. Hell, we may even be leaving tomorrow so I may have to. Continue reading “We Made a Racquet”

Fast and the Furious: Singapore Smash

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 7/Homestead, FL – Day 2

If I had to choose a single food item that Americans take for granted without even realizing it that would probably be ice. I know I’m always thinking about it at parties and such. But what do you do if you run out of ice? Why just run down to the corner store and get another bag or three. What do you do if you’re on an island that just got rocked by a massive hurricane? Continue reading “Fast and the Furious: Singapore Smash”

Bienvenidos a…Homestead

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 6/Homestead, FL – Day 1

Woke up late today. Not a whole lot to do. We had a quick meeting where we were pretty much told that we could do whatever today. Milled around in the gym a bit, went over to the BX to pick up a few odds and ends then went to lunch at the DFAC. Got a chance to video chat with Flower and The Peanut for a while. Will have to take plenty of advantage of that while I still have reliable internet access. Continue reading “Bienvenidos a…Homestead”

Evac

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 5, Homestead, FL – Day 0

Today we were woken up at 5:30 am and told we had to pack now, we were leaving at 7:30. This was quickly revised to 1730, which is very different. We got up, had breakfast and then tore down the remaining tents and packed them up. Anyone who has ever been camping knows that once you take the tent out of the box you can never get it back in the same way. These tents are no different. Continue reading “Evac”

Evac…? Part 2

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 4

Today I woke up at 6:30, checked my phone, saw the time, wondered why no one had woken me up and then realized that no one else was awake either. Slow start. We weren’t really planning on doing anything. We didn’t even have to be in uniform. Continue reading “Evac…? Part 2”

Evac…?

St. Thomas, USVI – Day 3

Last night I showered. Very nice to feel clean considering the rain, heat, and mud. Probably the greatest pleasure of the day was when we were done and I got back in the tent and took my boots off to let my feet dry. There’s a little shop down the street, I’ll have to see if I can get some Gold Bond there. Continue reading “Evac…?”