U.S.S. New Orleans
The official orders are in. Jordan finishes his Internal Medicine residency at the end of June. Yippee!!!! Now he begins repaying the navy for his schooling and residency. He will be stationed on the U.S.S. New Orleans as their medical doctor for 2 years. The New Orleans is an LPD 18 (I have no idea what that means) and has a crew of 361 (28 officers, 333 enlisted). It is a new ship, commissioned in 2007. Jordan is really excited about the modern medical facilities on the ship. It is docked in San Diego, which means that the girls and I will stay put. He will come and go from the ship while it is docked. He will for sure deploy with it for 7-8 months sometimes during the 2 years. There will probably also be some 1-3 month assignments away at sea. We are grateful that we finally have orders in hand.
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Oh Wow! That is exciting! Being a "single mom" for those months will be hard but I suppose it will also make your time together even better too. When does he go? If you find yourself needing a change of scenery during the summer, your always welcome to come hang out up here :)
Jessica, you are amazing! I'm so happy you have the orders and can stay where you are. Feel free to come visit us anytime during those 7-8 month stints. I'll try and do the same! We miss you, miss you.
Congrats, I hope that is what you guys wanted. That is good you can stay in your home. Good luck on the new ventures.
congrats to Jordan and you guys - glad you get to stay put.
I'm sure those deployment months will be hard, I have seen my sister go through it, but I know you are amazing so it'll be like nothing :).
Your family is so lovely Jessica.
It would be fun to get together next time you guys visit Albany, Corvallis is just not that far away and we go fairly often to visit Sam's family.
Congrats! It won't be easy, but atleast you have a plan now.
I have been dying to hear what is going to happen next. I am glad you get to stay in put and close to family. I still can't believe residency is almost over!!!
Miss you.
Yay! It's always so scary until you actually have those orders in hand. We got ours... he'll be back at Balboa for sure on 1 July! And we'll go back to never seeing him... again!
Congratulations! I hear it's a VERY nice ship!
Congrats Jessica and Jordan! What exciting times--it's good to know finally what the future holds and not have to guess anymore.
Wow! We are so excited you get to stay here with us!
Yeah! So glad you'll be here!
OK so the post finally pulled up. My internet must be acting funny or something huh? No U.S.S. Germantown? What happened? Either way, I'm glad he's happy!
Wow!!! That is amazing! I'm sure it will be a great experience but also hard for all of you as well...But NOTHING like medical school right? :) At least you're in sunshine :) Miss you guys!
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