Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Manila Departure

This was a hectic morning for the supply department. Since there was no US military base nearby for port services, I needed to pay a private company for their support. This meant a rather large US Treasury Check needed to be written in a relatively short period of time. That had me a little on edge.

The other problem facing me in the near future was the fact that the crew had managed to go through the bulk of my cash on hand. Another port visit was coming up in about a week and I did not have much currency remaining. I was not able to obtain much in the way of ship stores given the lack of a military base so this had me worried as well.

Right before leaving we took on board a group of chiefs, they would spend the next week conducting a second LTT for the Supply Department. These were the same chiefs who conducted my first LTT several months earlier while the ship was still in Yokosuka. I was not looking forward to the upcoming week. I will start with that topic on my next post.

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