US Military

USS Essex

There is an organization in Hong Kong called the American Women's Association (AWA), I have connected with them and have joined a program they do called "Meals in the Home." This program is to offer a meal to some of the sailors who come to port here. I thought this is the least that I could do as a thanks for what they do for our country. This weekend a ship came into port. Since my place is pretty small, I decided to take them out for dinner for... nope not Chinese food, rather, I took them out for Italian. I was supposed to host 3 sailors, but one (Tom) ended up changing duty times with another sailor and so he couldn't join us. So I took Diane and Gary out. On Sunday when I met them at the Pier, Tom was on duty, so I was able to meet him as well. After dinner I took them to a night market and then down to the peninsula side of the harbor. As you think about it, say a prayer for our service men and women. These guys have been away from their home port and families for the last 8 months and still have about 2 months on this tour.

Gary

Diane

Tom

After school on Monday I went down to the pier again and Gary took me on a tour of ship. What an amazing thing. The pictures below are of my tour on the ship.

Hallway on Board

Longer hallway on board

One of the boats that the USS Essex carries on board.
You can see by the size of the boat compared to me, and this is inside the Essex, the Essex was huge.

One of the many helicopters on board