ok Bill
I am being totally Redneck but I am building my boat in the Backyard of my house in Virginia Beach. I am not sure what I want to do after I am down there but I am looking into to several options and one is to do the merchant marine thing for a few years and save some cash. The other is after spending a year or so screwing off on a boat and going to Maine and attending the Washington County Comunity Collge in eastport for the Marine Technology course to get AS in boatbuilding. The other is after a year going to St Augustine and going through the First Coast Culinary Arts Center to finish out my exectutive chefs certs.
I want to take a year and chill out before I start anything again. One of the biggest problems with military retirees is trying to live the military life after retirement. I am choosing to purge myself of the whole rat race and then start over. I will not be one of those guys that falls over dead in less than three years after retirement.
The other problem is my ship has been in the yards since March 1. We have been at sea less than 7 days since then. We won't be getting under way for another month or so. While I am tired of the Navy I can't give up the Sea. It sucks you in and wont let go.
John
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