Mark this momentous occasion – I, the infamously poor communicator, have decided to blog! After three weeks of internal debate about whether I should do it and half a week worrying about coming up with a clever blog title, I finally took the plunge. Hopefully, this will be the first entry of many chronicling my adventures in Naples, Italy and wherever else this three month rotation may take me.
To catch everyone up on my first 3.5 weeks here, I arrived in Naples, Italy on October 3rd as the next ONI analyst temporarily assigned to the US Navy’s 6th Fleet. I live in a hotel and work on base – a first for the civilian me – in Capodichino. Yes, it is next to the airport.
After successfully battling jet lag by accompanying the other ONI analyst here, Will, to the bigger and better “Support Site” (nicknamed by some as Fortress America), I quickly realized that culture shock would be hitting me from two directions – US military life and Italian life. The visit to the support site really drove it home for me, as we went from battling chaotic traffic and blinding smoke from trash fires on the autostrada to the perfectly organized commissary supermarket, fully stocked with American brands.
The subsequent three weeks have been an interesting mix of American military-Italian experiences, which I will get around to sharing when it’s not 0015 on a work day.
I’ll leave you with this: who can spot the double-meaning behind my blog title?
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