It's Saturday June 22nd. My duty weekend- its like a work weekend, they are always very relaxing- save a lot of money on these weekends LOL! So night check has been going pretty well. Learning a lot, and meeting a lot of people. Its very relaxing, and the worst thing we do is like wash jets, which isnt even that bad. At least so far lol. We have a lot of down time, thus i can work on my qualifications to becoming a Plane Captain. When a person enters a squadron for the first time their life flows like this- trainees- learning everything getting 5 qualifications before they can start learning about becoming a Plane Captain- A person who launches the jet and make sure it is good to go before take off. Once they become a Plane Captain, and have all the quals for that, they hang out and train others for a little bit, work on getting their warfare pin "wings"- which is the wings that you see people wear on their shirts, giving them a lot of general knowledge about the navy. Once they get PC, and their wings, they can be transferred to "the shop"- which is doing what they came in the navy to do. My profession would be learning how to work on the engines, and fix them if need be. That is kind of the end all/ be all. Along the way a person would go to A school (already did that), then they have a C school- which i have yet to attend. C school goes in depth on the kind of jets i will be working on, and will help with my knowledge once i get to the shop. So out of the 5 qualifications, i have 2 so far. Just got a new qualification on thursday called break rider. It is the person who sits in the cock pit when moving a jet in case something happens and someone needs to apply the breaks. Got 100% on the test, and felt really good getting that qual. Next up is move director- which is the person who directs the aircraft around when the team is moving the jet to a different spot. Should be a pretty easy qual to get to. And im well on my way. It usually takes about 9-16 months to become a Plane Captain. but the quickest a person can do it is in 4 months. I hope to be a person who finishes sooner rather than later.
New news lol: Anderson got a car today, so that means we can finally do stuff rather than worrying about a taxi, or a non reliable person/ rent-a-car!!! woohoo!! it was 20 bucks to the movies each way in the cab we took the other night, way too much money. And now we have a ride to the campsite for the 4th of July. So things are looking very promising. I have also been having mixed feelings about my early promotion to an E4. It has been a struggle back and forth in my mind on what i should do, and i kind of had an epiphany this week. A little sad- but my reasoning for not taking it would be to get out a year earlier. And my mind at this point was thinking everything would be the same when i returned home. All my friends would still be there, everyone would be the same, and the partying would be the same as well. I then thought to myself that i am barely going to see any of my friends from home anymore, maybe a couple times a year for a week at a time, but things are going to be different. People are going to move away/ move in together/ not be partying hardcore anymore- whether it be 4 years from meow, or 5. Then i thought i was under estimating myself by not taking the promotion, cuz i worked hard for it in A school. And a lot of people take like 2 or 3 years to become an E4, and i could get it less than a year in the navy. I would start getting paid 200 bucks more a month starting in November. rather than waiting like 7-10 months to start getting paid, if i even got picked to get promoted. Once i become an E4, i only have to wait a year to become an E5 and take the test. And with E4 and E5 comes BAH, which is money for houseing. So i could move out and get a house/apartment, and the navy would pay for it. So for an extra year, knowing that things will in no way be the same when i go home again, the benefits seem to be outweighing the non-benefits. It was just really rough realizing that things wouldnt be the same in 4-5 years, and i didnt want to let that go, but the reality is that i need to do what is right for me, and that benefits me. Once i let that go, and start enjoying this new lifestyle that i have, anything can happen. And once i get my jeep down here, life is only going to get better. But i mean i still got couple of months to think about it.Honestly i think it would be stupid not to take it. More respect, more money, more leadership, and a chance at quicker advancement that most people can only dream of. I dont want to sell myself short here. Gotta adapt and move on. But heck- still gonna be awesome when i do come home and visit my friends :) And i always have Dave in LA out here.... always a great friend to get drunk with.
Just a quick little blurb about my fitness- still going really well. Been here a month so far, been to the gym everyday cept for thursdays, which is my day off. This is going great, i love it. Also watched a movie called Food Matters, which in turn made me think differently about vitemans and food in general. So what did i do? Went out to GNC and bought some Daily Mens Vitemans, which also included some Superfood vitemans that are really good for your health, and fitness/recovery/muscle building. Salesman sure did a good job on that. But it was just interesting to note that most medicine these days try to focus on one aspect of a disease, when really we need to start with ourselves. Our body has a natural defense system, which if used properly can fight off any disease. We toxify our bodies with terrible food, and get all these diseases, which can be cured by superfoods and simple vitemans. But no one wants to endorse this subject because there is no money making in giving people vitemans- its such a simple concept. A pill for every ill- its just a temporary patch to the diseases people get. Where as vitemans give the body antioxidents that help fix the problem, and cure disease rather than patching it over with certain doses a week, and then upping the dosage. It makes so much sense to start from within work on your own immune system, cuz your body has an amazing defense system, but i cant be used with all these toxins. These doctors and health companies are out for money, and we give them that money by getting prescriptions, and medications that may or may not work for a certain period of time. They discourage vitemans cuz they would lose money cuz it works better than anything they could prescribe. Watch the movie- it makes so much sense. Its on netflix lol.
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