Big News

After much consideration and prayer, I have decided on a change of career. This has been in the works for awhile and the efforts have finally paid off. I will be leaving the Department of Defense effective 17 October, 2008 and transferring to Boeing in Hunstville, Alabama.

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Believe it or not, even though I'm heading to work for an aerospace company, my day job will still be Navy related. I have signed on to be the Program Manager for the Ground-based, Midcourse Defense, Sea Based X-Band Radar system. Yeah, it's a mouth full, but what an amazing piece of machinery.

Things are going to get pretty heady as we being Monday with what we hope to be a one family transition within two weeks to the states. Anyone who thinks that's going to be easy needs medical attention: 2 Adults, 2 Dogs, 1 kid, 1 handicap (lest you forget I'm still in a boot), and a house full of stuff that has to get inventoried, packed, shipped, and all in less time than it takes to get a paycheck. Hold on tight folks, this is how we roll!

So, other than the obvious excitement, things are pretty much same old, same old. Just kidding. We are very stoked; not only are we heading back to the States, we're heading back to the South and much closer to family. And Boeing; yes, I know what you read in the Papers, but this Company really has something here. The people we've met during the on-site visit, the phenomenal scope of work they do under one corporate roof... there's a very exciting feeling about joining a new family and heading to a new home.

We'll miss the many many friends we've made over the past decade, and especially those that we're leaving behind here in Japan. But we look forward to many new friends--and our doors are always open to visits from old friends.

I'll do my best to keep you posted. Not that I've been the best at posting as frequently as you, the reader, deserve; but you'll understand that during this transition, posting will be squeezed in-between the other daily chaos.

Wish us luck!

:j