This is a day and a season of thanksgiving and this year I’m most thankful for all that has happened. This has been a watershed year of memories and a chance to reconnect with people and memories from the past. Just yesterday I received a note from a surgeon who was once my boss at [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Navy’
Thanksgiving
Posted in Peace, Spiritual, gratitude, military, mindfulness, tagged gratitude, Navy, Peace, Thanksgiving, veteran on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I challenge you..
Posted in gratitude, military, tagged Air Force, Army, gratitude, Marines, military, Navy on August 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago following my nephew’s graduation from Recruit Training at Great Lakes Naval Station I approached my nephew and told him I thought that national service would be a good thing for most Americans. I thought we’d have a little less self-absorption if more of our fifty and under crowd actually served [...]
Pass in Review
Posted in Navy, gratitude, military, tagged gratitude, Great Lakes, Navy, recruit training, US Navy on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thursday of this week will see me traveling to Great Lakes, Illinois. I haven’t been there since February 8, 1973. My nephew is due to Pass in Review. He’s been at Great Lakes Recruit Training Center since late June. Tom signed up on a delayed enlistment plan in January. Since then a young man I [...]
Individual augmentee
Posted in military, tagged individual augmentee, Navy on July 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have not been moved to write lately. I’ve been very busy but quiet. I’m trying to enjoy each day as iit comes along. I think of my nephew often and I pray that all is going well for him at boot camp. Recently I learned of a government program that moves members of the [...]
Soteria
Posted in gratitude, military, tagged Albany, Georgia, Hospital Corpsman, Navy, travel on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of days ago I left home with Georgia on my mind and this morning I’m going to return to a place that really only exists in my heart. Last night I arrived after nearly an eleven-hundred mile journey to Albany, GA. Thirty-five years ago I arrived here in dress blues with my [...]
Bucket list
Posted in Navy, Spiritual, prayer, recreation, travel, tagged Albany, Bucket List, Georgia, Navy, Plains on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I saw the movie Bucket List with my wife and daughter. It’s a great theme and it got me to thinking of some things I’d like to do before I can’t do them anymore. In April I’m planning a trip to Albany, Ga. and Plains, Ga. I was stationed in [...]
