Duty Day

It was an early morning after the Fourth of July... 0630 muster outside the Red Deck. My duty day is pretty simple though. Besides that all that was on my plate was a two-hour barracks rover watch in Bldg. 51. A couple guys were commenting how stupid it is, since instead of having to wander all four floors, one could just post behind the building and keep a watch on all 8 doors that were not supposed to be used, except in emergencies. And that was the reason for the extra watch. People were using them. I think they made the rule to control entry to the barracks, and to make sure we are used to using a type of "quarterdeck" (although this is just an access).

We didn't have to do anything extra at the 1530 muster... just be there. Since the heat was pretty intense in the sun, Chief moved us onto the Red Deck where he talked a bit about watches. How we are supposed to be assertive and challenge authority (respectfully) when something does not make sense.

The rule is to stay in uniform on your duty day... so I stayed in NWU's to go to the NEX... and through chow and in Lib Hall... even though it was oppressively hot in the computer room. This July weather is crazy. Much warmer than June.

Watch itself went really quickly. We're supposed to report to the access watch every 15 minutes... so the first couple rounds I did walk all four decks, shouting "Female On Deck" every time I rounded a corner on the 3 male decks. Thought doing all those stairs was overkill though, so I spent the rest by going out behind the building and watching the doors.