cregojd@lhd4.navy.mil
Crego, Johnathan, AR, V-3
LHD-4 USS Boxer
FPO, AP 96661
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Arrrggghhh! Pirates!
Got a quick note from John after finding out that the Boxer was sent in the direction of the pirate issue.
From: Crego, Johnathan D. ABHAR
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:38 AM
To: 'Art Crego'
Subject: RE: e-mail
yeah its pretty cool being on a famous ship, and I was watching CNN this morning and they showed our CO on the TV, and I was flipping out because as I was watching the news the Captian of the cargo ship was sitting no more than 10 feet away from me. I really can't get any pictures of him for security reason. I haven't gotten the package yet. Most likely next time we get mail I will get it. I know before I get home I'm buying a USS Boxer belt buckle just to show that I've been on a famous ship :D. Anyways they were SEAL's that took out the guys. So thats pretty much. Talk to you guys later, I love you and I miss you all.
From: Crego, Johnathan D. ABHAR
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:38 AM
To: 'Art Crego'
Subject: RE: e-mail
yeah its pretty cool being on a famous ship, and I was watching CNN this morning and they showed our CO on the TV, and I was flipping out because as I was watching the news the Captian of the cargo ship was sitting no more than 10 feet away from me. I really can't get any pictures of him for security reason. I haven't gotten the package yet. Most likely next time we get mail I will get it. I know before I get home I'm buying a USS Boxer belt buckle just to show that I've been on a famous ship :D. Anyways they were SEAL's that took out the guys. So thats pretty much. Talk to you guys later, I love you and I miss you all.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
This was too funny not to post!
21 Ways to Simulate the Navy Life from Home
1. Lock all friends and family outside. Your only means of communication should be with letters that your neighbors have held for at least three weeks.
2. Surround yourself with 200 people that you don't really know or like: people who smoke, snore like Mack trucks going uphill, and use foul language like a child uses sugar on cereal.
3. Unplug all radios and TVs to completely cut yourself off from the outside world. Have a neighbor bring you a Time, Newsweek, or Proceedings from five years ago to keep you abreast of current events.
4. Monitor all home appliances hourly, recording all vital information (ie: plugged in, lights come on when doors open, etc)
5. Do not flush the toilet for five days to simulate the smell of 40 people using the same commode.
6. Wear only military uniforms. Even though nobody cares, clean and press one dress uniform and wear it for 20 minutes once a week.
7. Cut your hair weekly, making it shorter each time, until you look bald or look like you lost a fight with a demented weed wacker.
8. Work in 19 hour cycles, sleeping only four hours at a time, to ensure that your body does not know or even care if it is day or night.
9. Sleep on the shelf in your closet removing the door and placing a curtain there instead. Have your family open the curtain every few hours while you are sleeping and say "oh sorry wrong Rack"
10. Prepare all meals blindfolded using all the spices you can grope for, or none at all. Remove the blindfold and eat everything in three minutes.
12. Periodically, shut off all power at the main circuit breaker and run around shouting "fire, fire, fire" and then restore power.
13. Study the owner's manual for all household appliances. Routinely take an appliance apart and put it back together.
14. Remove all plants, pictures and decorations. Paint everything gray, white, or the shade of hospital smocks.
15. Buy 50 cases of toilet paper and lock up all but two rolls. Ensure one of these two rolls is wet all the time.
16. Smash your forehead or shins with a hammer every two days to simulate collision injuries sustained onboard Navy ships.
17. Every 10 weeks, simulate a visit to another port. Go directly to the city slums wearing your best clothes. Find the worst looking place, and ask for the most expensive beer that they carry. Drink as many as you can in four hours. Take a cab home taking the longest possible route. Tip the cabby after he charges you double because you dress funny and don't speak right.
18. Keep the bedroom thermostat at 2 degrees C and use only a thin blanket for warmth.
19. Ensure that the water heater is connected to a device that provides water at a flow rate that varies from a fast drip to a weak trickle, with the temperature alternating rapidly from 2 to 95 degrees C.
20. Repaint the interior of your home every month, whether it needs it or not.
21. Stand outside at attention at dawn and have the poorest reader you know read the morning paper out loud. Be sure to have him skip over anything pertinent.
21 Ways to Simulate the Navy Life from Home
1. Lock all friends and family outside. Your only means of communication should be with letters that your neighbors have held for at least three weeks.
2. Surround yourself with 200 people that you don't really know or like: people who smoke, snore like Mack trucks going uphill, and use foul language like a child uses sugar on cereal.
3. Unplug all radios and TVs to completely cut yourself off from the outside world. Have a neighbor bring you a Time, Newsweek, or Proceedings from five years ago to keep you abreast of current events.
4. Monitor all home appliances hourly, recording all vital information (ie: plugged in, lights come on when doors open, etc)
5. Do not flush the toilet for five days to simulate the smell of 40 people using the same commode.
6. Wear only military uniforms. Even though nobody cares, clean and press one dress uniform and wear it for 20 minutes once a week.
7. Cut your hair weekly, making it shorter each time, until you look bald or look like you lost a fight with a demented weed wacker.
8. Work in 19 hour cycles, sleeping only four hours at a time, to ensure that your body does not know or even care if it is day or night.
9. Sleep on the shelf in your closet removing the door and placing a curtain there instead. Have your family open the curtain every few hours while you are sleeping and say "oh sorry wrong Rack"
10. Prepare all meals blindfolded using all the spices you can grope for, or none at all. Remove the blindfold and eat everything in three minutes.
12. Periodically, shut off all power at the main circuit breaker and run around shouting "fire, fire, fire" and then restore power.
13. Study the owner's manual for all household appliances. Routinely take an appliance apart and put it back together.
14. Remove all plants, pictures and decorations. Paint everything gray, white, or the shade of hospital smocks.
15. Buy 50 cases of toilet paper and lock up all but two rolls. Ensure one of these two rolls is wet all the time.
16. Smash your forehead or shins with a hammer every two days to simulate collision injuries sustained onboard Navy ships.
17. Every 10 weeks, simulate a visit to another port. Go directly to the city slums wearing your best clothes. Find the worst looking place, and ask for the most expensive beer that they carry. Drink as many as you can in four hours. Take a cab home taking the longest possible route. Tip the cabby after he charges you double because you dress funny and don't speak right.
18. Keep the bedroom thermostat at 2 degrees C and use only a thin blanket for warmth.
19. Ensure that the water heater is connected to a device that provides water at a flow rate that varies from a fast drip to a weak trickle, with the temperature alternating rapidly from 2 to 95 degrees C.
20. Repaint the interior of your home every month, whether it needs it or not.
21. Stand outside at attention at dawn and have the poorest reader you know read the morning paper out loud. Be sure to have him skip over anything pertinent.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Playing in the sandbox
(Having been made aware of Information Security - this is edited)
HELLO ALL!
Its your favorite son letting you know that I have arrived safely at my destination and pretty much loving it right now, and this isn't because the drinking age is 18....... ok maybe that is it, but hey who can blame me, and yes its 18 on the base as well too, so by the time you get this I'm going to be in my room drinking some Mojito or at the local enlisted club having a few shots and chilling with some people. I should be reporting to my command very soon, I am not sure of my schedule, however it could be a while before I get a chance communicate again so please don’t worry. So I will try and keep you guys updated on my activity and my whereabouts. I love you guys and I miss the USA......ok not really......jk jk, I miss you guys not the USA. Talk to you guys later and keep in touch.
John
HELLO ALL!
Its your favorite son letting you know that I have arrived safely at my destination and pretty much loving it right now, and this isn't because the drinking age is 18....... ok maybe that is it, but hey who can blame me, and yes its 18 on the base as well too, so by the time you get this I'm going to be in my room drinking some Mojito or at the local enlisted club having a few shots and chilling with some people. I should be reporting to my command very soon, I am not sure of my schedule, however it could be a while before I get a chance communicate again so please don’t worry. So I will try and keep you guys updated on my activity and my whereabouts. I love you guys and I miss the USA......ok not really......jk jk, I miss you guys not the USA. Talk to you guys later and keep in touch.
John
Friday, October 10, 2008
That's Seaman John Crego to you!!!
Okay, today seemed almost cluster-ish at points, but it was all worth it!! We were right on time, but saw first hand why the shuttle leaves at 7 am. There was a butt-load of people trying to get into the graduation. I'm glad we drove in Vinnie's car (oh yeah, more about fun in Chicago later).
I don't have any pictures of the crowd waiting in line to get in because that was prohibited and there were enough Navy security guys that I wasn't going to take a chance on losing my camera. Suffice it to say, each graduating recruit could invite 4 people. They graduated 978 sailors in this cycle and I think they all invited 4 people and then some. Here's a shot from inside the graduation hall (I forget what it's called):
Okay... this give you an idea of how big the hall is. There are 8 graduating classes today. They do this every Friday - really wild if you think about it. Unfortunately we are setting on the opposite end from John, so we couldn't see him. Funny moment - we had to walk around the building to get to the seats were were at and he marched right past us. No pictures due to the security, but Teresa was all like "LOOK LOOK RIGHT THERE" and they all looked alike to me, it was hilarious. After about an hour, they made the announcement everyone was waiting for ...
After that it was a madhouse. Luckily once we got to the floor it was relatively easy for John to find us rather than us finding him. Of course I have no more pictures of the ceremony or John on the base. Here's one of him back at the hotel:
Don't he look sharp? Of course I have to toss in one of him with his biggest fan (Emma herself)!
Immediately afterwords we left base and went to the Full Moon Diner that was across from the hotel. Amy (his mom) got a migraine so we took her back to the hotel and we sat around for a bit chilling out while John spent some quality time - with his laptop and Zune. Can't fault him for that - 2 months with no music short of marching diddies.
More a little later. Need to organize thoughts!
I don't have any pictures of the crowd waiting in line to get in because that was prohibited and there were enough Navy security guys that I wasn't going to take a chance on losing my camera. Suffice it to say, each graduating recruit could invite 4 people. They graduated 978 sailors in this cycle and I think they all invited 4 people and then some. Here's a shot from inside the graduation hall (I forget what it's called):
Okay... this give you an idea of how big the hall is. There are 8 graduating classes today. They do this every Friday - really wild if you think about it. Unfortunately we are setting on the opposite end from John, so we couldn't see him. Funny moment - we had to walk around the building to get to the seats were were at and he marched right past us. No pictures due to the security, but Teresa was all like "LOOK LOOK RIGHT THERE" and they all looked alike to me, it was hilarious. After about an hour, they made the announcement everyone was waiting for ...LIBERTY CALL!!
After that it was a madhouse. Luckily once we got to the floor it was relatively easy for John to find us rather than us finding him. Of course I have no more pictures of the ceremony or John on the base. Here's one of him back at the hotel:
Don't he look sharp? Of course I have to toss in one of him with his biggest fan (Emma herself)!
Immediately afterwords we left base and went to the Full Moon Diner that was across from the hotel. Amy (his mom) got a migraine so we took her back to the hotel and we sat around for a bit chilling out while John spent some quality time - with his laptop and Zune. Can't fault him for that - 2 months with no music short of marching diddies.
More a little later. Need to organize thoughts!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Train ride? More like train wreck!
Okay - we are finally at the hotel out in Great Lakes, IL. This place is kind of BFE if you know what I mean. Take a look at it on google maps, you'll agree. Drive 20 minutes in any directions and there are good sized towns. This place seems almost truck-stoppish.
About that train ride! Who ever that that shit was romantic is out of their freaking minds. Due to the seating arrangement we sat in the front row. Lots of leg room - no tray table. Mind you we were right next to the door and the next car up was the lounge car. So on a pretty regular basis SLAM... door open.. SLAM door closed! Yeah, and if that wasn't bad enough, the car was dark, but not by us - a nice halogen beam light to show the door lit us up really nice. I'm pretty sure I'm going to need a chiropractic appointment in Chicago.
This is how I describe it: Imagine riding in an airplane seat, mounted in a pickup bed, going down a bumpy road occasionally making sharp turns in any direction.
13 hours of that! Oh yeah, the train was an hour late getting into Rochester, should have known something was up.
Now let's talk about the hotel! FFS! We spend the extra money for the Jacuzzi suite, it will be fun for all of us - especially Emmers - she'll love the bubbles! First of all the TV is a POS with crap reception for having DISH TV. UGH! So we start turning down the bed and Teresa notices a HUGE "stain" of something on the box spring. Vomit? Blood? It's dry and that's all I can tell you. SIGH - I'll take that side. She goes the other side and what does she find in between the bed and night stand? ROACH MOTEL!! YES!! That's right... time to change rooms. Oh, all of the King rooms are booked? Bummer, looks like well be getting a refund (more on that later) and moving to a smaller room. Oh well. Tomorrow is the big day!
About that train ride! Who ever that that shit was romantic is out of their freaking minds. Due to the seating arrangement we sat in the front row. Lots of leg room - no tray table. Mind you we were right next to the door and the next car up was the lounge car. So on a pretty regular basis SLAM... door open.. SLAM door closed! Yeah, and if that wasn't bad enough, the car was dark, but not by us - a nice halogen beam light to show the door lit us up really nice. I'm pretty sure I'm going to need a chiropractic appointment in Chicago.
This is how I describe it: Imagine riding in an airplane seat, mounted in a pickup bed, going down a bumpy road occasionally making sharp turns in any direction.
13 hours of that! Oh yeah, the train was an hour late getting into Rochester, should have known something was up.
Now let's talk about the hotel! FFS! We spend the extra money for the Jacuzzi suite, it will be fun for all of us - especially Emmers - she'll love the bubbles! First of all the TV is a POS with crap reception for having DISH TV. UGH! So we start turning down the bed and Teresa notices a HUGE "stain" of something on the box spring. Vomit? Blood? It's dry and that's all I can tell you. SIGH - I'll take that side. She goes the other side and what does she find in between the bed and night stand? ROACH MOTEL!! YES!! That's right... time to change rooms. Oh, all of the King rooms are booked? Bummer, looks like well be getting a refund (more on that later) and moving to a smaller room. Oh well. Tomorrow is the big day!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Heading out!
Okay - it's time to go. We're all packed and ready to go! An exciting moment for us all - first time train rides and going to Chicago!
We are all very twitchy knowing that we will soon be talking to John. I'll do my best to post from Chicago!
We are all very twitchy knowing that we will soon be talking to John. I'll do my best to post from Chicago!
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