Anniversary

Well today is the 11th anniversary of me getting my fish. In transit back to NOB Norfolk, somewhere in the North Atlantic following an eye opening run to the north on my first deployment, I got pinned in crews mess. Months of learning systems, procedures, TAB's and drawings, locations, qualifying watchstations, practicing damage control, attending SOB, checkouts and interviews, lots of lookups and oolies, walkthroughs, scoring cookies from the night baker to bring to my board and of course my board itself, finally culminated that day eleven years ago when the CO pinned my fish on.
Happy anniversary to me.