Arriving to my 20-years in uniform means that I am eligible for retirement! Also, that means that I’ve been in the Navy about 1/5 of a century, that’s a lot!
Being away from home can get old to even the most adventurous person. As duty calls, we celebrated Independence Day onboard the mighty USS COLE DDG 67.
I arrived at the USA on July 3, 1995. My mother finally got us reunited after many years of being separated. It took many sacrifices to reach this goal.
Have you ever eaten something super delicious, and then this thing is punching you in the gut from the inside out? Yes, me too – it was delicious, though.
I miss my grandmother, even though we did see the world from different perspectives as I was growing up. Yet I wonder what new conversations would be like.