After three years, it’s finally time to bid farewell to the most unique, amazing and awe inspiring piece of planet that I could ever imagine. It’s hard to describe what Alaska is like, and I’ve only seen a tiny sliver of it. Words utterly fail when trying to convey the beauty or grandness of this land. Majestic is the word that comes to mind, but it’s still not quite powerful enough.

A lot has happened to me in three years. I got promoted. I quit smoking after 22 years of addiction. I got myself somewhat in shape and can now jog two miles with no difficulty, and finally started making some progress with learning to play the drums. There is a lot that I will miss about Anchorage and Alaska. And there are a few things I won’t miss…

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Since the last update, I’ve been to Tampa Florida, Djibouti Africa, Harrisburg Pennsylvania (for 3 hours), and Oahu, Hawaii. As you might could imagine, I am wholly sick and tired of flying. Also since the last update, I’ve bought a new laptop, built a new computer system via Newegg.com, and found out that I’ll be moving to Virginia in late March.

On the military front, the Air Force has given me an assignment to the Air Force Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (AFC2ISRC) and I’m looking forward to the job more than you can know. No more never ending communications security paperwork, inspections, paperwork, shredding, paperwork and paperwork. Back to my beloved racks upon racks of servers and routers and the constant sound of whirring cooling fans! I can’t wait.

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