A FOND FAREWELL U.S. NAVY!!

Update #2: It's over! As of 1 October 2008, I am a U.S. Navy Veteran after 5 years of active service. I received my second Navy Commendation Medal on my last day in uniform from CAPT Nelson, Commanding Officer of Naval Health Care New England. It's onward to a private practice orthopaedic surgery group in CT for now. It's been a slow and prolonged process transitioning to civilian life, but we believe it's the right choice for us and we couldn't be happier. I've been blessed to have met a lot of good people in the Navy and I can truly say I'm a better person today because of them. I wanted to thank LCDR Chad Deaton for all of his help during my transition process. I hope to post periodic updates on how things are going later.

Take care,

Doc Tally

UPDATE

Greetings to everyone. After browsing over my blog from last summer, I thought it might be a good idea to give you a quick update. Things are going well. The little guy you saw on my right shoulder in my last entry (Matteo) is walking, babbling and exploring every corner of the house. My little girl, Mia, is progressing so well in school, we can hardly believe it.

As of today, I'm getting out of the Navy and moving on the either private practice or a 1 yr fellowship and then practice. We'll see. We may stay in East Lyme or relocate, probably to the mid-Atlantic region.

I saw the link to the CNN article about Lex, the dog many of us featured in our blogs after his young Marine handler was killed. It's good to hear that they retired him and he could return home.

Well that's all for now. I hope to hear from some of my old TQ shipmates soon.

Take Care,
Doc Tally