2 down, 18 to go

Garin has officially been in the Coast Guard for 2 years now. Crazy, huh?! So far we have been through: 2 months of Boot Camp in Cape May, NJ; 2 months as an enlisted seaman at Small Boat Station, Emerald Isle, NC; 4 months in Officer Candidate School in New London, CT; and 1 year and some change in Naval Aviation Flight Training in Pensacola, FL. Whew, lots of transition!

Right now Garin is in between the Primary and Advanced phase. He should be starting up Advanced (which will be his Helicopter training) at the end of April; this phase should take between 6-8 months. So, right now it is looking like we will be making our move to our new duty station at the end of this year. We have no idea where that will be, but we should be staying there for about 4 years, so we'll finally get to "settle" down somewhere!

Congrats on reaching the 2 year mark, sweetheart! You make me a proud wife :)