It was maybe 6 months ago when my husband came to me and said that he thought the Navy was something he wanted to do. We talked about it. I can tell you I wasn't going to have it. I didn't get married to be alone. It took a few months but after realizing what good it could do for our family it seemed like a great idea. So Billy went and talked to a recutor and found out he needed to lose some weight before he could join. He started at 225 pounds. He needed to be at 196. He's worked really hard for this, he studied every night for his ASVAB test and took practice ones too. Lets just say all that studying he did really paid off. He went to the MEPS center where he then took the ASVAB test and had to complete the physical exam. He did GREAT on the test he got a 76. That's really good. Your test scores will tell you what jobs you qualify for. So with everything that he did they told him he was 2% over the body fat limit. So he had to wait and try again when he lost a few more pounds. He was so upset.
Well 22 days later they sent him back. That was the first issue. He needed to wait 30 days. They sent him back to early. They almost didn't' do anything for him. If he missed one more day of work he would have lost his job. He's worked so hard for this and at this point hasn't eaten in two days. He had an appointment to meet with the Chief at head quarters in Nashville. He went down there, talked to the guy and the commanding officer and was weighed in at 192. Then he was back on his way to the MEPS center. At this point it was lunch time and he ate a foot and a half of subway. He was so happy. After a few more interviews and questions he got to pick his job. Meteorologist / geologist job was the first he was interested in. That job would have put him in boot camp in March and that would be cool and what not but the job he got crypto tech puts him at boot camp September 8th. He'll be gone for 9 weeks and then off to school in FL. So it's still going to be awhile before I move.
So Billy called me while I was in a meeting and I had to leave. I got to the MEPS center (after climbing alllllll those stairs) I had to sign in and be wanded down put my purse into an x-ray machine. As I walked around the corner looking for Billy I spotted him in the corner doing his finger prints. He told me to sit any where. When he came and sat down with me he had an ear to ear smile. It has been a long long day and alot of work has gone in to these 12 hours. When he sat down he told me that the guy doing the finger prints was like, "Is that your wife? " It made me feel good.
So we waited some more he told me some more stories and who people were. Then they were called in to the briefing room. Then we all went into the ceremony room. There were 6 other people in there with him getting sworn in. Billy was the only Navy guy. Every one else was Army. So Billy's oath was a bit different. It said something about protecting the president. I thought it was pretty cool. I snap a picture. Turn in his badge. Off we are to get his car.
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