Well, we're mostly underway now heading south for Louisiana, by way of running a few circles in the Atlantic and practicing a few drills. Classes officially start tomorrow for the cadets, and since we've departed they've done an excellent job settling in with their work groups. I'd like to give a special shout out to Cadet Thomas Sippel from Rochester NY for his and his engineer team's work helping to get the library up and running with the ship's server!
The library is now all unpacked, and dozens of your cadets have already filtered in. The weather has been windy, but warm, and I'm sure they're enjoying their time on the sundeck. When not about the ship, cadets have started their work out regimen including - encored from 2012 SST - Insanity. Better known as the most intense cardio aerobic program known to man, cadets have been spending upwards of 50 minutes outside of the library in one of their lounges doing push ups, sit ups, high knees, and more purely for the purpose of personal wellness. Maybe it's time for some officer/crew to get our own Insanity team together... hmm...
Oh! And for those of you who may be wondering about my sign-off yesterday with "Books," here's the story. Last summer I was having a conversation with a fellow officer of mine, and he told me this great story about nicknames on ship: popular ship culture has it that (back in the day), the radarman would be "Sparks," the chef "Cookie," and the librarian... "Books"! And the name kind of stuck since then; it's also a lot easier for the cadets to remember.
Until next time,
Books
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