Happy Thanksgiving from Newport!

Happy Thanksgiving all from Naval Station Newport! I am in the midst of a 4 hour watch, as a few of us without family here for Turkey day are taking long watches so they have more time with their loved ones. I hear Angela is having a good time putting in dry wall and flooring, and can't wait to actually talk to her at night. A few of us are staying in Providence for a few days and will be cooking our own meal tomorrow. One guy I'm staying with is using his 15,000 dollar bonus as a Sub Nuke Engineer to buy a 2007 Mustang Convertible, which I'll go with him to buy tomorrow. All in all OCS is going well. My class has been on point and impressing our Class Team that we keep getting liberty. Monday is our final test, on Naval Warfare Strategy, then we have a few days of learning how to run the Regiment. On Thursday we will become Candidate Officers and receive Midshipman ranks. We'll have many freedoms as we split off to run the regiment. This is the phase we work so hard to get to. Also, next weekend I get to see Angela for some real time together!! With less than a month before graduation we are all getting excited to finally be Officers. We've all made good connections here, and can say that we are Navy owned, but Marine Corps Trained! Go Hokies on Saturday!