My Job

We were in the Philippines last week on liberty. It is not the best liberty port I have ever been to, but it does its job. We get a massage and get good food. We go out and enjoy the SMBA compound. I have never quite figured out why the Navy left the Philippines. We still spend as much time there as any other place. In fact in many ways the place has never changed. The whole infrastructure is still there as well as the fences. Its still a different world from the rest of the area. But the thing I noticed more than anything happened on my way back to the ship on the first night. I looked at the old girl USS DENVER and I realized that I have a very unique job. I actually travel around on a warship. Who does that really? I mean there are of course the merchant sailors and such, but I get to travel the world on an amphibious platform dock. My ship lands marines on beaches, acts a lily pad for marine helicopters, and does everything in reverse when we leave. It is one of the most unique things I have ever seen. Just like when I went to Diego Garcia and it took a while for me to really come to terms with the fact that I lived on a tropical island paradise in the middle of the Indian Ocean and get paid for it, this is much the same. I get to do some pretty awesome stuff. I live and work on a warship in the United States Navy. Totally cool. I know there are people with more awesome jobs than me. But I enjoy mine just the same.