Sailor to Civilian and no internet!

[smokinbrew]

Hey BOTLs,
well my day is officially here, i am out of the Navy and starting my journey home to Utah. i have had a great run serving my country and enjoyed every minute, advanced to E-6, completed 5 deployments, worked with over a thousand Sailors, sailed through the Panama Canal as the Master Helmsman for 17 hours, and saw 20+ foreign countries but its time for me to move on and try having normal life not peppered with year long deployments and duty days.

that being said I'm losing my internet connection tomorrow and won't be anywhere i can get it for about a week so ill be a little behind on the discussions, and down in Chat. thank you all brothers for helping me out and the next time you see me on here ill be back in my home state!!

 

[apnutter]

Congrats and thanks for your service!!!

 

[smokinbrew]

Thank you for your support brother

 

[Jesse]

Good journey brother, have a safe drive home and best of luck to you.

 

[socalsailor]

Late to the party, but fair winds and following seas, Matt. Make sure you update me with your new address when you get settled...

 

[smokinbrew]

i will brother, I'm going to swing over and see you guys tomorrow after we load up.

 

[socalsailor]

Sweet. Hopefully I'll be home from work by then.

 

[smokinbrew]

I'm sure you will be bro, if not then i will swing by after just shoot me a text. we are leaving Friday morning i believe.

 

[socalsailor]

Oh, ok. Ironically, it looks like they're moving me to that office across from the gym on Seal Beach, so I would have been working on base with you, sort of. Day late and a dollar short, huh?

 

[smokinbrew]

damn. how long are they going to have you there?

 

[socalsailor]

Until fall 2016. Officer recruiting...

 

[smokinbrew]

Damn!

 

[cgraunke]

Congrats on the ETS.
So, what comes next?
Best of luck in your future endeavors!
(and good luck with the internet withdraws)

 

[smokinbrew]

well next for me is the move back to SLC, UT area. going to take a couple weeks off to see my family that i haven't seen in ten years and then my job in the navy was a electronics calibration technician so i am going to try and get into a lab doing that or go to college and do medical equipment calibration. depends on what is available. the ultimate plan is to open a cigar lounge before i am forty though. thats long term and dependent on the VA and the zoning requirements in UT

 

[mcroom]

Hello and welcome from TN. THank you for your service. Congratulations on the retirement and good luck for the future. I kknow you will enjoy it here.

 

[3/5King]

Congratulations Brewer! Welcome back to civilian life... Thank you for watching over us.. Now go have a beer and get laid. See ya in a week!

 

[tadpole]

Congrats, thanks for the many years of service, and most importantly...welcome home =)

 

[eastcoast paul]

Good luck on all your future endevors.

 

[marshall9779]

Thanks for your service. Congrats and hope the transition is a smooth one.