USS PELELIU -DAY 3 AND 4--THE MEETING OF NEW CREW!

USS PELELIU DAY 3 AND 4 - THE MEETING OF THE NEW CREW!
 OK, another busy day some 30 pallets today and a total of 100 pallets since I have been aboard. Am I tired ?Hell yea,, am I sore ?Very ,am I happy? Well , I must say I've met alot of people already and some have been really cool especially my LS crew , but theirs others that don't like the fact I got new pillows and bed sheets and a pretty good rack. But I'm not worried about that. What got me today was the Meeting.
  Well like i said after a long day moving parts and making sure my spaces I'm responsible for are good for Chief. We the new crew.. Two LS1's and 2 LS'2 and one, LS3 , were bitched at about not being busy , about not staying late and not be more proactive.. I know i haven't been on aboard a week , but that's ship life. Once you check in or report for duty, they expect you to be ready to roll. No excuses. For me, I'm good on that, In fact I have duty tomorrow and I know I need to stay on board so I can walk around and really get know what's going on. This is a big ship with alot of spaces and people around. The mess decks and food still suck , and some of the people attitude suck , but I'm ok with that. I need to focus on what I need to do and I'll be ok.. I start indoctrination on Monday.. three weeks long. But that's ok.. I know after that time is up , The Command and my Chief is going to expect alot from the new crew. We also go under way very soon and I'm not looking forward to that, because I have a sea sickness problem.. Not only do i get headaches and feel tired all the time , but I throw up like crazy.. Not looking forward to that, hopefully I ll be able to handle it. I will bring my Tylenol , my sea sickness pills and avoid the greasy stuff and see what happens.. I know I'm not looking forward to Gq's and all the other drills we have to do on the ship. BUT , I know in 23 months I done and I will have fond memories of the Navy. I'm still keeping a low profile , but working hard to maintain a steady emotional level. You can;t get too high or too low on the ship or the drama and the stress will overcome you. I 'm trying to be positive an pro active and expect the unexpected. I know talking to people with a steady emotional control seems to be working , but lets see how long that lasts? But for now , I'm that quiet , hard working guy , doing as I'm told and making sure Haz mat spaces are good to go. One thing for sure ship life is a tough life and its a high paced one , if you think it;s easy , than your mistaken and misguided. The life on a US NAVY ship is everything you can imagine and more. But like I said , I'm going to try another approach my final 23 months here and be that hard working guy , with a low profile go along , get along personality.. Maybe after all these years I've learned the game. But I can tell my fellow new check ins are not so pleased about whats going on. Well another day brings more work and more interactions with the crew. Until the next episode , stay calm.. and be cool and not a fool.. A Mel Paras Productions @2011 with association with The Source Productions @ 2011..