Sorry it’s taken me so long to write the next chapter, but that silly little thing we call ‘work’ got in my way. I’ll try to be more consistent with my entries, but my schedule is often very fluid and sometimes doesn’t permit me the opportunity to write.

The next stop in my burgeoning Navy career was NAS Sigonella in Sicily, Italy. Strategically located in the middle of the Mediterranean, it’s the primary logistical support element for U.S. SIXTH Fleet operations and is often referred...

Gordon Carlon

When I left off, I had just returned to Diego Garcia from the USS CARL VINSON and I had met Loretta Lynn. That happened pretty late in my tour on "The Rock" as it's often referred, and the rest of my time on the island was fairly uneventful.

I did, however, get a chance to go home for about two and a half weeks approximately mid-way through my tour. I took about a weeks worth of leave, and in conjunction with that I signed up for a program that allows young sailors to...

Gordon Carlon

In order to 'blog' about what I do for our great country, and more specifically, our beloved Navy today, I must first take you back to the beginning...

Believe it or not, I actually enlisted in the Navy (Delayed Entry Program) two days before I received my driver's license - way back in September of 1985, during my senior year of high school! Yup, I knew very early that I wanted to serve in the Navy, just like my dad did in his youth. But because of my passion for drag racing (I...

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