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LCDR Paul Berthelotte
- U. S. Navy -
Kuwait
LCDR Paul Berthelotte
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Sailor's Title: Chief Staff Officer
APO/FPO: APO AE (Note 1*)
Added here: 22 July 2005
End date: 11 Mar 2006 (Note 3*)
Contact for approx number of Males: 14, Females: 2 (Note 5*)
Unit is from: New Hampshire (Note 6*)

29 Mar 2006:
One of the more challenging aspects of being forward deployed here is making sure that all of the assigned personnel have the same opportunity to advance as their counterparts at more traditional duty stations. We had one petty officer qualify to take an early advancement exam, so we made arrangements for him to go Temporary Assigned Duty (TAD) for a week, and then just adjust the watchbill for port operations. Had to send a Petty Officer Second Class to another country in order to get the Petty Officer First Class leadership school complete. The Navy has the service members complete online courses prior to the class as part of their advance preparation. It flexes the watch rotation a little, but with fewer ships inport, it is definitely the right thing to do.

The days have finally started to warm up here, letting us know that the hot summer months are just around the corner. As we approach the warmer months, cargo operations have also started to slow down, and some of our reserve personnel augmenting the command have already departed. The most beautiful part about this upcoming month also means that my relief will also arrive. I've only 40 more days in theater before I head home (or at least to my next duty station). Plus, I'll be home in time to see my youngest brother graduate from the Naval Academy. The only sad aspect of that is he went Navy Air, rather than Surface Warfare, but I'll let it slide (for now).

    I've attached a picture from February. Had a couple of reservists out here for two weeks of training, as well as a Navy pilot for the big ships we bring in. I'm in the back row, last one on the right.

    R,

    Paul

05 Feb 2006
I’d like to start this up-date off with thanking everyone for the thoughtful and outstanding letters, packages, and postcards you have sent to me and my sailors. The entire command really appreciated them over the holidays, and helped make the bleak scenery that much more enjoyable. With no liberty, the support and thoughts of the people back home make the roughest part of deployment easier to bear, especially for some of the junior folks going through their first holidays overseas. It was my fifth, and by far one of the best ones I’ve experienced.

            The schedule for Christmas allowed me to get everyone together for dinner the night before, and then we all watched “Scrooged” with Bill Murray. Still one of my favorite Christmas movies. A little overdone in places, but then what holiday movie isn”t? I did set aside 30 minutes for presents on the 25th, but that ended up stretching out to about an hour and a half if you count the movie. The week before everyone drew a name out of the box for a secret santa type gift buy, and then wrapped them under the Christmas green potted plant (no tree), although we did have lights. The only problem there is that the light string we thought was 220v was actually 110v. No wonder the lights were so bright, for about half a day. Then no more lights. Will pass along to our reliefs to be more careful.

            I also did a white elephant gift exchange. The price range was $7-$15, and I had a wide variety. Everyone drew a number, and each person, in numerical order, would pick a present from the pile, open it, and then decide to 1) keep it, 2) exchange it for one of the already opened presents. The big winner was the DVD “Wargames” with Matthew Broderick (don’t ask me why), although the Army mule beanie baby did rather well.

            After the some pretty intense cargo operations, New Years was relatively quiet, but picked back up. The best part was that the CO was on travel for two weeks, so my Christmas present was to be the acting CO for a while.

            The port operations have steadied out and everyone is over the holiday blahs, so it’s going much better. It also helps that we have only about 2 ½ more months in theater before we head home, so the end is in sight.

            Thank you again for all of your support.

R,

Paul

LCDR Paul Berthelotte
Executive Officer

13 Dec 2005
I'd like to start off by thanking everyone who has sent me a postcard, letter or package since my last post, and also in anticipation of the holidays. Needless to say, Christmas is not an event over here, although the country has managed to tag on to the commercial side of the holiday season. I've taken the decorations and placed them around the common area we use, which helps brighten it up immensely. With the routine of work, workout and sleep, the days have gone by incredibly fast.

We are starting to get a lot more equipment flowing in/out of the port, and my brother, who is up at Baghdad, tells me the transition is going well. I imagine it makes my mom a little anxious, but she's had more than one of us deployed before so at least it's not new.

The weather has gotten a lot cooler here, and if I squint, I can almost imagine a crisp fall day back in New England. Almost. At least when I'm driving back from work it's usually dark and all I can smell is the water from the wash racks (vehicles have to be cleaned before they come back to the states). There is still some greenery left, which I'm sure the goatherds appreciate. Yes, they sometimes even take their herds across the major highways. I will never again complain about Massachusetts drivers (at least not for another three or four months after I get back).

Thank you again for all of your support.

Respectfully,

Paul

29 Oct 2005
I am the Executive Officer for 15 personnel stationed at the Military Sealift Command Office here in Kuwait. We work with various Army and Navy units to bring ships into the port. Now that the summer months are behind us, the weather and overall conditions here are sort of like fall back home, except there are no trees changing color, frost, or pumpkins. Thought about
asking a friend to DHL me one, but IU think the customs and immigration folks might have a cow over the importation of foreign vegetables.

The first 5k run I participated in here was on the Navy's birthday. Helps break up the monotony of the deployment, and provides a goal to help with workouts. Ran a 22:30, and felt fine. Looking to take another minute off the time, since I started out a little slower than I really needed to.

Thank you to everyone who has sent a package or letter to me. I'm behind in my thank you cards, but working to fix that. If I do receive a care package, everyone at the command gets something. Almost like Christmas, except there's no tree or snow, and you're in the desert.

Paul

In the picture, I'm on the far right (post 5k Race)

25 Oct 2005
I just wanted to update my profile. My unit has been moved to Kuwait, from Bahrain, and we are now working cargo operations out of Ash Shuaiba and Camp Patriot.

My new address is: [shown above]

R,

LCDR Berthelotte

22 Jul 2005
I am from New Hampshire, with a few other folks from New York and Utah. We are working with the Army in the area of port operations, to help coordinate all of the material coming into the theater by ship. Most of the personnel in my command are surface warfare officers or specialists, normally assigned aboard ship.

We have some decent facilities here, as much as a square concrete building can provide :) If you'd like to send a package, snack foods and science fiction/fanatsy used books are best. Perferably a snack package that I can break up to share with the other personnel.

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