Bill Billings
A short SITREP from Miami.
Here I am with the EAGLE here in Miami, about to attend the reception on board, Saturday 5/21/2022. Reps from the Mayor's office, schools, several Consults, as well as senior officers from Coast Guard , Air Force, Customs/Border Patrol, and Fish and Game were in attendance. I was asked to be the USCG Foundation rep.
On the prior Thursday, 5/19/2022, I gratefully accepted an invitation thru the Foundation to be on board USCGC EAGLE during the short trip from its anchorage off Miami to its berth in Miami. To re-live the teamwork and comraderie exhibited by the 1st and 3rd Class Cadets with the Commissioned and Enlisted crew was magical. EAGLE tied up next to the JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO of Spain in Miami. When I showed up the following Monday to watch them off, they reinvited me on board again to motor out to the sea bouy again. What a week !!
I am still living in Miami, programming for the Univerisity of Miami, Miller School of Medicine (OBGYN). The IT Department let about 100 of us go in September, 2020 due COVID...last hired-first fired. However, three months later OB/GYN hired me back due my familiarity with their system (I installed it in 2008).
Hope all is well,
Bill Billings
78 IS Great !!
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