USS Stockdale
At 3:30 AM today Eric and I were driving to the local military base so Eric could join several other Sea Cadets for a day trip. For some invigorating morning conversation I stated, “It was just 12 hours ago and you were in handcuffs.” He said back, “I know, I still cannot believe that I was the only one in handcuffs.” As there was not much traffic we were to the base quickly.
Eric returned at 9:00 tonight. He had a fun day. It was family day aboard the USS Stockdale, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. It fired some of it’s guns and raced around the ocean. However, it did not send up any of it’s Tomahawk missiles. For a big boat, the Stockdale could get up and move. As a whole, the day was good for Eric. We made it home where Eric prepared for Saturday and Sunday. It is the weekend he spends at the base marching, doing PT and the other things a Sea Cadet does.
