I’ve got orders to go back to the beautiful state of Maine. This time, I will be assigned to USCG Sector Northern New England, in Portland. For the first time in my Coast Guard career, I will not be onboard a cutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
When I tell people that I’m moving up North (to the cold) they think that because I’ve lived in Florida for eight years (most of them in Key West) I must be pretty pissed with my orders. In fact, I’m done with Florida. The reason why I stayed in Florida for so long was merely situational. It was my career that took me there in the first place. Then (after getting out of the service) I was stuck in the keys because it was just too expensive to move out. When I came back to the Coast Guard, my career came back into the equation, making me decide to move back to Key West. If I can help it (and hopefully my career cooperates) I will not go back to the land of mosquitos and alligators. I have nothing against it of course, after all, I come from another land of mosquitoes; no alligators though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I chose to be back in New England because, of all the places I’ve lived in, Kittery, Maine was where I feel I had the best time. I also have good memories of the couple of years that I lived in Boston, Massachusetts, but Maine, Maine is just superior. I’ve always thought that I could not enjoy my time in New England before because I was either underway or just going straight to the TV or computer and then to sleep after a long day as a non-rate. I feel like I didn’t take advantage of the area; my wife thinks so too. This time, I will make sure that we will enjoy and explore our new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For now, however, I’m not planning to do anything other than complete my training and become qualified in my new position. Until that happens, I will not go on with pretty much anything else. After I am done with training, I will have a lot of time off to enjoy New England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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