Thanks to all my family and friends who came to share my special moment with me.

Its been a tough 7 months.

From my medical assessment,
to my vocational assessment,
to the interview,
to recieving my enlistment letter,
to enlistment,
field camp,
final mission,
route march,
fast march,
SIT test,
BEEP test,
diver fitness test,
IPPT ( the least of my worries lol.),
Timed runs,
Sea swims,
Sea Circuits,
scuba diving,
O2 diving,
boat PT,
Boat paddling
.. team building week

Shit, I've endured one roller coaster ride of emotions. Every day of this journey feels like it's been etched into my mind. Down the road, I can just imagine myself, digging out the 33rd Batch's Hell week photo, and I'll tell my son, "yeah, those were some unforgettable crazy times !!" And I'll tell him about each and every person in the class. We may not necessarily get along well with each other all the time. We may hate each other sometimes, we may fight among ourselves sometimes, but without realizing it, we share a very special bond. A bond that cannot be forged under normal conditions .. one that's different from any bond we'll ever have in this life again .. its a bond that's forged through rough and rugged times, through hell week, through a living hell.


But here I am today, standing at the finish line feeling satisfied. Whether all this training has made me a different person or not, I don't know, you decide.

All i know, is that now that I've earned my share of glory (like the people who've gone down the same path before me), I've got a responsibility to live up to the name of the Naval Diver. I won't let myself be any less tired every night, because that's the life here .. ITS HARDCORE !