Disclaimer: I received a couple of questions about security - i.e. am I saying anything that I should not. I don't think so - going to NAVCENT is a common destination for Navy types, and am not going to mention my final home until I get there, nor will I get into the details of my travel or anything operational. This blog is more to share the overall experience for those who will not have to experience it.
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Top 5 Deployment Song List: ( I loved the movie High Fidelity, though John Cusack sort of went into the tank a bit later on - Must Love Dogs? Even Lloyd Dobler would puke...). In honor of that, my top 5 list of deployment songs:
Still thinking, but:
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers - I didn't really discover this one until my second deployment, about 2 months in to a 4 month run -but it really resonated with a Navy deployment.
Babe - Styx. Yeah, just a bit cheezy - still recall it playing about every 5 minutes on WLS in Chicago (before they became talk radio) back in the 80s. But the light bulb went on while driving around with girlfriend the night before I headed out for my first Navy cruise - a 2 month sub deployment after freshman year in college.
More to follow...
Movie Pick - not sure if I will watch this before I go, but will definately hit Netflix when I get back. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - did not see this one until a few years back. It is a bit schmaltzy as well, but in a nutshell, it tells story of three WWII vets returning to their home town after the war after having been gone for years. The story focuses on their readjustments to their lives. I would not call it a 'chick flick', and though it lacks the staples of modern movies (violence, sex, maybe drugs) it is a great movie.
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