Thank you for your service?? I recorded the video for this one a while ago and kind of sat on it..and sat on it, and got to the point where I totally forgot that I filmed it until a couple days ago. So now that Veterans Day is here, it seems fitting that this post should go out today. I… Read More
My First Defining Moment
This dawned on me a few years ago when our eldest, Carson, was heading to a lacrosse summer camp at the Naval Academy when we lived in Maryland. He wanted to be a better lacrosse player and wanted to sign up for this week-long camp at my alma-mater. I remembered when I was a Midshipman there that they would have… Read More
I’m baaaaacckkk!! With a New Job!!
Hi guys and gals! My apologies for being off the grid for the past few weeks, but I’ve been getting my crap in order with accepting a new job offer, quitting my old job, and getting started in my new job, among other things…so I’ve been a wee bit busy these past few weeks. I finally got some time to… Read More
What Was Your First Job?
What was your first job? Mine involved uniforms, ships, and airplanes…and it wasn’t by choice. Let me explain. When I was 16 and in high school in the Philippines, I wanted to have some spending money while I hung out with my friends. We had just moved to the Philippines after my dad retired from the Navy in Japan, and… Read More
The Longest Day…
Wikipedia entry of the Washington Navy Yard shooting:Â Â https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard_shooting This is the third post in a 3-part series describing my experiences with the Washington Navy Yard shooting that occurred in 2013. If you missed the first post, you can find it here:Â Â http://50shadesofdave.com/2018/07/02/is-this-some-sort-of-drill/ If you missed the second post, you can find it here:Â Â http://50shadesofdave.com/2018/07/08/this-is-not-a-drill/ So there we were..about 100 of us crammed… Read More