Well, I’m back.
I just graduated a couple of days ago from Naval Officer Candidate School, earning my commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy. There’s so much I could say about the last fourteen weeks that it would probably make at least a half-decent book, so I’m not even going to start to bother. Hopefully I can share an experience I had every other day for the next few weeks.
The timeline for the next few years looks like this:
- I get 2 weeks of leave, and then I have to report to my next duty station, in Charleston, South Carolina.
- School doesn’t start until Jun 06 though, so I’ll probably be on phone muster until then.
- I then attend Nuclear Power School for 6 months. Once I graduate there, I’ll attend Nuclear Prototype School for another 6 months.
- After the nuclear theory schooling, I’ll be assigned to Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut for 6 weeks to learn about what I do on a Submarine. Upon completion of that school, I will be assigned to a sub in the fleet.
Before you ask, I don’t know what sub I’ll get, nor do I know exactly what my job will be, since every officer on the sub has to go through the same schooling that I do. So I’m not sure yet whether I’ll be in Communications, Engineering, or what.
Anyways, I have about 3,400 e-mails to sort through, so don’t expect to see too much activity from me for the next few days. But it’s so nice to be back, even though I’m going to be busy for the next couple of weeks preparing to move and getting my paperwork updated.