My New Set Of Orders

   I served 22 years in the navy retiring in 2015.  In the military everything you do you're ordered to do.  Then when you are required to do something else you receive a new set of orders detailing what, where, when, and how long you'll be under this set of orders.  For example I was ordered to serve on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 nuclear powered aircraft carrier for 4 years.  I was ordered 3 times to serve a 1 year tour in Kuwait.  And so on and so on over my 22 year career.  

   Well I'm under a new set of orders now.  Not from the Department of the Navy, not from the Department of Defense, no no no from a far more important and prestigious authority, God almighty!  If you read my last couple posts you know my wife has stage 3 breast cancer.  I'm now under orders to serve as her caregiver and all that entails along with being the primary parent to our two young granddaughters while she does her best to fight off this scourge.  We make our first step in this fight Friday when she gets her chemo port implanted in her.

   Im going to document this fight both in written form on this site and a series of short videos.  I'll post the links to my YouTube channel hear with a short description.  I'll also post them on my social media on GETTR and Locals.  Here's my first video and my socials;

https://youtu.be/_FTKCjE1NQY

GETTR - @22yrsservnavy

Locals - @NavyRArnold

Please check out my video and tell me what you think!