On our way back we made a quick stop in Guam. In nearly 18 years of active duty service, I have been to Guam a total of three times. The first time we only made it to the harbor to replenish stores from the beach using our helicopter. That was in ’07 when I foolishly… Continue Reading
The fourth and last day in Hong Kong was spent shopping. The morning was spent asleep attempting to recover from the previous night’s events. Just after lunch we set out to do some shopping. After asking around a bit, we were told the best shopping for deals was at a place called “Ladies Market”. We… Continue Reading
The second day in Hong Kong was spent working. You see, while on deployment I get to stand “Duty” every 3 days. Duty means I have to stay onboard the ship for 24 hours and wait for something to happen. On the scale of something awful happening, we have fires, flooding, or random acts of… Continue Reading
After an early morning of entering port, we were moored at the Ocean Terminal in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Now I have been to Hong Kong two other times and previously the ship’s I was on were anchored out in Hong Kong Harbor. That meant that one would have to board a “liberty boat” for transit across the harbor to… Continue Reading