We flew onto the Essex yesterday. Most of the shop was on the very first wave, while I was on the very last. That didn't work out too well. Being last is kind of a mark of honor, because the last one out has to make sure all gear gets to the ship somehow. But not having anyone else meant I was running up and down the flightline on a hot and humid day, becoming brutally overheated and dehydrated. We made it somehow.

After we all landed, the ship pulled into it's Okinawa port, White Beach. Okinawa doesn't have any really good deep water ports, so the ship ties up to a pier that sticks far out to sea. We in the air wing have some free time now, while the ground element and cargo get loaded. So I'm sitting in Mean Gene's restraunt at the E-club here on White Beach. The other guys took a cab all the way back to Futenma, but I was so exhausted that I slept for 15 hours and missed the trip. So I'm sucking up free wireless internet in the E-Club instead.

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