Parting

Our division started with 88 recruits.

At our lowest point, we were down to something like 58, but we got some back before graduation.

Eight of us came from said division and brother division to the Enterprise.

Six of us (five female) came to the Franklin. The USS Franklin is the main ship for Electronics Technicians and Fire Controlmen - the two are sort of buddy programs. We work with the same concepts, our usual work will be applying said concepts to different systems, but there'll be a fair amount of crossover once we get to the Fleet.

So we're told, anyways.

The five of us girls ended up on the same deck. Julia is three rooms down from mine, Hergz is across the hall, etc. We like this arrangement. We even all started Apprentice Technical Training at the same time.

But, of the five girls, the other four are all FCs. The one male and I are both ETs - we'll be in school longer at just about every stage. And this week, most of them are comping - completing the course - and I've got another month to go.

It's not nearly the same as it'll be when we get our orders and get sent to different sides of the country, different ships, but man, talk about feeling left out. For one, they're no longer in school with me. For another, they're moving on to the next piece of the adventure in about two weeks. Er, supposedly - it is the Navy, after all. Le sigh.

So then Julia comes by with peanut-butter M&Ms. I love this girl. :)