ALFHA 181 WEEK 05
It was a great week at TRACEN Cape May! The most exciting part of the week was we all got our orders. Many of us getting our top picks. The hardest part, were our company commanders finding out our duty stations early in the morning and using the information to torture us all day. And it sure was a long day, with a cybex (weight lifting) class in the morning, a risk management class and a unit reporting class shortly after. By now, everyone has gotten to make a phone call home, and tell their families where they're going to be stationed. We were very excited to call our families, and a few of my shipmates cried after getting to talk to their loved ones.
In other news, we were issued our dress uniforms this week, and while they're still being mended by the tailor, they look very sharp. We also had a telephone practical this week, where we learned the proper etiquette for radio and telephone communications. We were given radios and separated, taking a practical exam and doing quite well. We had a pennants and flags class, where we learned how to properly identify the flags, such as papa; return to the ship. Our operational risk class taught us how to use the proper caution to evaluate certain situations we may encounter in the fleet. In our boat crew class, we learned the jobs and duties of each member of a ship, from helmsman to watch stander.
This week we also received our small pox vaccines, and they were accompanied by 04 other shots. It was a long day, because the shots were followed by our operational dress uniform inspection by the battalion commander. Throw in finance class, aviation physicals, bike workouts, remedials and seamen ship midterms, it was a crazy week. Sunday, on our divine hours, we really came together and helped each other iron and shine boon dockers, and helped each others with other deficiencies such as studying.
I can now say proudly, we are no longer a team, but a family, helping each other every step of the way and accomplishing things we didn't believe we could.
Proudly,
ALFA-181
It was a great week at TRACEN Cape May! The most exciting part of the week was we all got our orders. Many of us getting our top picks. The hardest part, were our company commanders finding out our duty stations early in the morning and using the information to torture us all day. And it sure was a long day, with a cybex (weight lifting) class in the morning, a risk management class and a unit reporting class shortly after. By now, everyone has gotten to make a phone call home, and tell their families where they're going to be stationed. We were very excited to call our families, and a few of my shipmates cried after getting to talk to their loved ones.
In other news, we were issued our dress uniforms this week, and while they're still being mended by the tailor, they look very sharp. We also had a telephone practical this week, where we learned the proper etiquette for radio and telephone communications. We were given radios and separated, taking a practical exam and doing quite well. We had a pennants and flags class, where we learned how to properly identify the flags, such as papa; return to the ship. Our operational risk class taught us how to use the proper caution to evaluate certain situations we may encounter in the fleet. In our boat crew class, we learned the jobs and duties of each member of a ship, from helmsman to watch stander.
This week we also received our small pox vaccines, and they were accompanied by 04 other shots. It was a long day, because the shots were followed by our operational dress uniform inspection by the battalion commander. Throw in finance class, aviation physicals, bike workouts, remedials and seamen ship midterms, it was a crazy week. Sunday, on our divine hours, we really came together and helped each other iron and shine boon dockers, and helped each others with other deficiencies such as studying.
I can now say proudly, we are no longer a team, but a family, helping each other every step of the way and accomplishing things we didn't believe we could.
Proudly,
ALFA-181
