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Here I am, sitting in the MCR, enjoying Navy life.

We have just finished our second week (of three) of our FNO course.  Basically, we take out a bunch of navigator trainees, so they can do their final exam with a real ship instead of working in a simulator or on paper.  Of course, with a real ship comes a real crew.

The fact that I’m sitting in the MCR means that I was one of the poor bastards who got tagged with first-day duty watch.  Which wouldn’t be so bad, except for the fact that I’m sitting in home port, and my family is about a ten-minute drive away.

On the plus side, I managed to get first day duty (starts when the ship gets in, so it’s shorter than normal), so I get the rest of the weekend with them.  I also pulled first watch, which means I’m going to be dead tired for my watch, but I’ll be able to get a bit of sleep before I go home in the morning.

This was not in my recruiting video.