Another go 'round...

During my AT (Annual Training) back in April, some of the guys that I had mobilized with before recognized me (imagine that!) and asked if I was going to mobilize with them. My response was, "If I get orders, I won't shy away from going." I also ran into my commanding officer from NMCB 18. He asked me the same thing. At that point I pretty much knew that my name was going to be added. It was just a matter of me being medically and physically ready to mobilize. I signed a waiver and the waiting game began.

Well, after our road trip to Big Bend, I started receiving info that my name was being tossed around as a possible addition to 1NCR's (First Naval Construction Regiment) mobilization list. A couple of weeks later, I received a call from a chief that I had met during the AT. He asked if I was OK with being a part of his team. What could I say, 'No'?

So here I am, waiting to catch a flight and head to southern California to get things going. I am filled with apprehension, anxiety and excitement. I don't know what I will being or who will be standing on my left and right. I only know a handful of people on the mobilization list. That is the beauty of being the member of the Naval Reserve, you don't know most of the people that you are ordered to train and mobilize with but somehow, we just get shit done and at the same time forge friendships, no, a brotherhood that will never be broken.