A helo is down. Thankfully, I am cool with some of the people on this DET so I got the inside scoop ;) The life of a military wife is always interesting!

Ships leaving the Harbor

Here's some more of the photos of the ships leaving Pearl Harbor yesterday. All names courtesy of RIMPAC 2010 on Facebook.

The channel the ships are traveling through


Freedom!!!


He's probably getting much better photos than me!


Much to my surprise, I actually DID see a foreign ship yesterday! This is the Republic of Korea guided-missile destroyer Sejong the Great.



Chancellorsville




And a cute little boat with a 33 on it...



For more photos of ships leaving Pearl Harbor, please check out these other posts:

DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!
USS Reagan
RIMPAC 2010

DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

JUST missed pic of air force jet over my head, upside down. Forgot to turn on camara. Oh well. Here comes a sub!

Here she comes...the Pasadena! (Name courtesy of RIMPAC 2010 on Facebook)




Go NAVY!!!

USS Reagan

I'm so thankful I didnt go hiking today. Seeing all the ships leave the harbor, seeing all the people showing support - SO AWESOME! Just saw CVN 76 Go Navy!!!

RIMPAC 2010

Wow! All the ships are pulling out of Pearl Harbor. There are lots of people lining the bay, waving good-bye :) I would join them, but I do not have a key to my room.


In case you didn't know, RIMPAC is kind of a big deal.

How cool to be a part of the largest RIMPAC ever!

Super cool Facebook page regarding RIMPAC.

The Military - improving America's economy one purchase at a time ;)

Good-bye, CONUS. Aloha, Husband!!

In Honor of Independence Day

I've read a lot of supportive emails regarding the military. I appreciate each and every one. Being a military wife is not easy, but I have been abundantly blessed during my husband's career to rarely be separated from him...Anyway, this email arrived with a poem I have never seen before. I share it with you as I sit at home without my husband. Thankfully, by the time Independence Day comes, we will be reunited :) Bless you all, and please please please enjoy your freedom this weekend (responsibly, of course).


We must never forget who gets the credit for the freedoms we have, freedoms we should be eternally grateful to enjoy…

I watched the flag
Pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease..

I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?

How many foxholes were soldiers' graves ?
No, freedom isn't free

I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant 'Amen,'
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
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Please! Enjoy your freedom – that’s what every service member works for.