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Did it go well?
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Yeah, it was fine, no, really, we learned a lot.
Like how hard it is to get everything set up on short notice, on a Saturday, when the ship returned the day before after a month away from home.
Personally I would have started the ball rolling on Monday, give everyone a chance to catch their breath, get all the right people and equipment in place, then get rolling. We actually have one guy who figured we'd get everything done this weekend.
You may say he's a dreamer ...
Uh, yeah, something like that. Foolishly optimistic, but he's kind of an excitable boy anyway. But at least he's not in charge.
Oh wait ...
He is.
Anyhoo, we gain an hour in the switch back to "Standard Time," so I get another hour of sleep.
Oh yes, we're working on Sunday. It's what we do.
No, morale is fine ...
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We'll be fine.
Now, it's off to sleep, perchance to dream¹ ...
Whoa, I know how that turns out!
¹ ‘To sleep, perchance to dream,’ is one of the many often quoted lines in Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be‘ soliloquy in act 3, scene 1 of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet.
On the one hand ya get to sample new restaurants but on the other hand there's Mr. Excitable so just "smile and wave, smile and wave." That first photo source reminded me, AFS has made it to the Caribbean....oh no...my bacon and chops!
ReplyDeleteYup, smile and wave, try not to make the 5 o'clock news ...
DeleteMy father's work was marine electronics, which he learned in the Navy in the second world war. From my observations, the marine industry is like the military, and there is no such thing as a weekend, holiday, or inclement weather. Sleep is only necessary, if work is hampered by snoring. All work can, and will, be accomplished in the time period fabricated by a superior without experience, little knowledge, and willing to say impossible things to gain credit for promotion.
ReplyDeleteAh ha! You know the secret!
DeleteIt's like being on a Launch Team. The dress rehearsals run regardless of the time of day, just like the actual launch. Sometimes we had to schedule it for odd hours because other resources were only available at certain times.
DeleteHang in there, Sarge!
Actually drjim, it's not like that. Too many managers around, semi-tested software, and not really being ready.
DeleteSome of our payloads fell into that category, except for us not being "ready".
DeleteBeing ready is pretty important, innit?
DeleteHamlet never watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre at 0100.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt!
DeleteUgh, enthusiastic dreamer. Now that is no fun atoll.
ReplyDeleteDistressing to say the least.
DeleteMr. Optimistic wouldn't happen to be a Butterbar, by any chance?
ReplyDeleteNope, he's been around to the point he should know better.
DeleteHey Old AFSarge;
ReplyDeleteYou still are having fun though, LOL...well mostly....well some of the time...aw crap...where is the booze, LOL
Fun is all relative, this trip has not been fun.
DeleteAnd yet, modern Gary Bussey is more responsible for his actions than Alec Baldwin... Just saying. Which is royally funny, in a sick, dark, very depressed, crouching in the corner way. Le sigh.
ReplyDeleteWe-ah he-ah in the Gre-ate state of Florida have a governor and a decent part of the legislature who are trying to do away with the tyranny of the time switcheroo. Which, to me, sounds great. Then again, most things the governor says sound great (actually, from what I've heard, everything he says sounds great, but I was trying to be humble...) Stupid time change. Bleh. Hates it.
And, seriously? Do work on the ship right after it came in from more than a day's travel? Does the idiot in charge (IIC, IIC to the Bridge to see the CWO and the COB...) understand that as soon as a ship pulls away from the dock, things start going downhill and the longer it's afloat without dock support the worse things get? What... a... walloon, pultroon, maroon...
Other than that, what's your expected time of travel? Will you be back to your lovely bride in time for Thanksgiving, just three Thursdays from now?
I will be home for Thanksgiving, come Hell or high water.
DeleteSo Sarge...what you are saying is that you not only left your charger cord at home, you also left that large can of pixie dust and unicorn farts behind as well?!?!?? And the magic wand is alllllmost outta fairy dust???
ReplyDeleteSigh. Younger over-enthusiastic in-charge types who don't listen to their older, wiser, more EXPERIENCED NCO's who know how to account for the actions of Mr Murphy...if given the opportunity that is...
Isn't there a military poster up someplace on every ship/boat/barge/sub/canoe that says "No plan survives first contact with the enemy?" Or "that the enemy gets a vote in all plans??" If not, there should be! Lord knows it certainly applies in healthcare!! Add in computers, and the word "up-dates"...
Enjoy your time with the youngsters. LOL
I really am getting too old for this shit.
DeleteI hope it was just the duty section that had to help you out since they just got back from sea. We once had a guy pull the duty on the first day in Port in Sydney Australia, and his wife surprised him and flew in to see him.
ReplyDeleteThe crew on this ship have been fantastic, they are enthusiastic and very helpful. I can't say enough good things about the crew of USS Michael Monsoor!
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