Tag: navy
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Deployment Curse
I have it. Big time. Other people do, too. It’s an actual military superstition. Well, among military spouses anyway. See this. And this. And this. It’s like Murphy’s Law, except it only goes into effect when your active duty (or reservist) spouse deploys. And it can start in the week before they leave, but usually […]
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4th of July Fun with 4 Second Exposures
I don’t know about you, but I had an outstanding 4th of July this year. Yesterday (during the day) I went with some friends on their 4 person catamaran out on Kaneohe Bay and we sailed for about four hours. It was wonderful to be so close to the water, skimming along the surface almost […]
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Love in a Coffee Cup
So, this happened today. I’m doing okay, really. I think I am in complete denial about the whole thing, to be honest. We’ll see how I am two weeks from now. In the meantime, I have a little story about yesterday. If you know my husband at all, you know that he is what I […]
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Port Royal Change of Command
Last Thursday I was one of a few to attend the Change of Command ceremony on our ship, where we received a new Captain and said goodbye to the one that has been there for our entire time in Hawaii. Sitting in the front, I had a good view overall and took some photos which […]
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Seattle Tales
J is in Seattle right now, and while his photos tell his story a lot better, I’d like to tell one for him. Last night was “Navy Night” at the Seattle Mariners game. The team invited a bunch of Sailors to attend in dress whites and get dinner, go to practice before the game, and […]
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The Frocking Date
Today they held the frocking ceremony on J’s ship. What is frocking? It sounds kind of… bad, doesn’t it? Like it might even be painful. Well, back in the old days, the sign of a Petty Officer or commissioned officer was that they wore a frock coat. When they got promoted, it sometimes happened at […]
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The Disenfranchisement of Military Spouses
I’m getting on a soapbox. You have been warned. This has been brewing in the back of my head for a long time, but I wanted to wait until I was calm before writing about it. You see, every so often something happens that makes me really angry at the way military spouses get treated. […]
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Christmas Eve in the Navy
The stockings were hung by the, well by the TV with care (after all, let’s be honest, shall we?), In hopes that St. Nicholas soon will be there. It is still Christmas Eve for me, though for almost everyone who reads this it’s already Christmas morning or even solidly into the day. That’s okay, though; […]
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Welcome to Hawai’i
Well, we made it. We’re in Honolulu at a Best Western near the Navy base. And the best news: We have the kitties! The trip yesterday was long and exhausting. We had to be at the airport at 4am to drop off the cats for their 6am flight, then we boarded at 6:30 and arrive […]
Joanna Volavka 