Yup that title is correct. This morning Jay re-enlisted for another 6 years with the Navy. The last few weeks have been a bit on the stressful side as we waited to see if everything related to him re-enlisting would go through or not. Luckily, Jay has an amazing Chief who worked really hard to make sure that everything went through in time. So this morning we, the kids and I, watched Jay re-enlist in front of his normal division.
Currently, and for the last year, Jay is TAD (temporary assigned duty) with a different job on the ship and has not been with his normal division, which is something we've both missed a lot. The Chief over his normal divison, when not TAD'd, worked really hard on getting things set up and even going as far as to personally make sure all of his paperwork got signed by the right people and then personally turned it in. So it was really nice to see the people he usually works with for both of us, since I do personally know quite a few of them.
Here Annabelle stood by Jay while we waited for everyone to show up for his ceremony.
Jay being honorably discharged from the Navy. This is protical that before you re-enlist, usually 24 hours prior, you get honorablly discharged from the navy. They forgot to do it yesterday so they did it this morning.
Jay and his Warent Officer with his honorable discharge certificate
The really nice thing is that for the wives they give a certificate of appreciation for my "unselfish, faithful, and dedicated assistance" during Jay's time in the navy signed by his Warrent Officer.
Jay saying the oath of the military.
Continuing to say the oath.
Getting his list of rewards for re-enlisting from the captian and his certificate for re-enlisting.
The certificate of re-enlisting
Annabelle had to attach herself to Jay more than once during the time we were there.
Shaking his Warrent Officer's hand at the end of the ceremony.
He got some really nice gifts for re-enlisting including a nice congrats pen from the ship.
If you are wondering why there is white out on Jay's uniform that is for security reasons. His name is right there in normal times, but when posting photos I must remove it to keep him and those around him safe. Now that he has re-enlisted we're waiting on word as to when he'll be leaving for 2.5 months for C school which is part of him re-enlisting. Once he complete's the school he'll become a Petty Officer 2nd class, which is going to be very nice. He's missed the cut off for advancing by taking the advancement test every time he takes it so this is quite honestly the best way for him to go up in rank. The other thing we're now working on is getting extended with the Nimitz for the 2 years of required sea duty. Due to going to the C school he is required to remain on sea duty for 2 years more than normal. After those 2 years we'll go to shore duty for 4. Hopefully we'll get to extend with the ship since later this year it will be going to WA to drydock for at least 18 months. Only time will tell with that. So this is the big news that our famiy has been waiting to share with all of you.
