the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
Elysia left this morning, headed across the Johor Strait to Malaysia for several days with the US Navy. A small caravan of cars pulled up to the departure point, families said goodbye and then headed to brunch, the pool, or church. A heavy travel schedule is routine for many military families living in our community. For sixteen years, [...]
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It has not been a particularly busy week but some how it went by quickly. Elysia traveled to Brunei for three days as part of CARAT 2010. I would have liked to see her presentation on rules of engagement but, then again, some of the community service projects seem to be more fun. Elysia is usually too [...]
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With Elysia traveling for work and me tagging along, we come back from our trips through Southeast Asia with very different photos. In Thailand, for example, she returned with pictures of a guided-missile destroyer leading a formation of Royal Thai Navy ships. In contrast, I have a nice shot of a green tea donut in Malaysia. I [...]
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TERENGGANU, Malaysia (June 23, 2009) Lt. Graham Hull, signal warfare officer aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and Lt. Cmdr. Elysia Ng, staff judge advocate for Commander, Logistics Group, Western Pacific, stand among members of the Malaysian Armed Forces during a group photo following the opening ceremony of the Malaysian phase of Cooperation [...]
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We leave the hotel tomorrow, good timing since I have tried everything in the buffet at least twice. I liked almost everything. Sweet curries, spicy sauces, fun fruit — although durians are not allowed in the hotel despite being the pride of Malaysia. Too smelly for the foreigners I guess. Citrus and I have spent [...]
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