Well we are underway for deployment.  We left Norfolk yesterday and set sail to pick up the Marines who will be on board with us.  I was able to get my photo stuff steup.  I brought my D200 setup with tripod, my laptop, hard drives, scanner and DVD/CD burner.  I also brought the remaining several thousand slides and negatives I need to scan.  I have a great team on board and they make it easy for me to get my work done so I can work with my photography.

The hard part is leaving the family behind.  My wife and youngest son came to the pier yesterday morning to watch us get underway as we had said our goodbyes the previous night when I embarked on the ship.