Leaving Alaska...

[Kodiak Hunter]

Well, I got word today from the assignment officer that there will be no positions available for me here in Alaska next year (which is when I am due to rotate). By the way - I'm active duty Coast Guard.

I could take Juneau, but it's a staff-weenie job, and I'm a field rat. Or I could take a one-year tour in Dutch Harbor, but it's isolated duty (no family) and I won't do that to my wife and son.

So, it's off to the lower-48 we go. Where? Heck, ya got me. We are HOPING for the Great Lakes but it doesn't look good right now. The only other place we want is the North East - Maine - but that's closed up, too.

For you religious guys out there - say a prayer for me so that we don't end up in Los Angeles, NYC, Miami, or anyplace in the south - PLEASE!

Anyhow, I just needed to tell someone - family is tired of hearing about it all!

Thanks for reading.
Andy

[trout]

I hope you get your wish.
Stay safe and keep us posted on where you go.

[live2fishdjs]

Good luck and remember...everything happens for a reason.

[Eastern Yooper]

Did you get the e-mail I sent you a couple weeks ago about some land for sale here in the eastern UP?

[Kodiak Hunter]

Did you get the e-mail I sent you a couple weeks ago about some land for sale here in the eastern UP?

Yup I sure did - thank you - just been real busy stocking up the freezer with salmon and halibut! :)

I'll be in touch...
Andy

[Oct.1]

Quote: "For you religious guys out there - say a prayer for me so that we don't end up in Los Angeles, NYC, Miami, or anyplace in the south - PLEASE!"

Prayers have been said, but remember the Good Lord does have a sence of humor. :lol:

[Ferg]

What's on your dream sheet and what does the detailer say? -

A tour at TVC would be cool - Miami is VERY busy station - lots of fun to be had down there -

Good luck and let us know -

ferg....
uscg(ret)

[Kodiak Hunter]

What's on your dream sheet and what does the detailer say? -

A tour at TVC would be cool - Miami is VERY busy station - lots of fun to be had down there -

Good luck and let us know -

ferg....
uscg(ret)

Can't do TVC - not an option for me. No way in he!! would I go to Miami. It's gotta be north - and it's gotta be "small" (relatively speaking). I told the detailer, if there's no snow - I don't wanna go. :) I was born and raised in TC - don't wanna go back right now.

No dream sheet yet - don't have a shopping list to use. Hoping for Duluth, Sault Ste. Marie, Milwaukee, Sturgeon Bay, Grand Haven, Massena NY, Buffalo, or any other mid-to-small size Great Lakes unit (I'm an MST so I can only go to MSO/MSD's).

I'll let ya know! Thanks to everyone for the good words.
Andy

[Ferg]

Sorry I 'assumed' airdale - I guess Kodiak threw me off :-) MST - not many of them jobs around - and none of them 'fun' in the south - any place in D9 would be cool - and snowie

Spent 4 years at the 'old' group muskegon mi - 74-78 pleanty cold/snow those years -

ferg....
good luck - Semper Paratus

[davidshane]

Kodiak,

I can't feel your pain, but I can imagine it. I've vacationed in Alaska and have gone after it's salmon and halibit. There was one year that I walked around for atleast 8 months carrying probably 20lb of halibit in my gut (ate it everyday). I've always wanted to spend more time there, it was just never in the cards. I hope to one day go back.

Sorry to hear your bad news.