The FITREP from my last CO came in Satuday night. He worked it up, took what I submitted and made it even better. Now, I had to get it to Millington for the Selection Board which convense tomorrow. Of course the reason for all of these trips is the damn terrorists. All mail is screeened whch means it is delayed by about two days once it is received on base. This means FedEx overnight takes three days to get where you want it. FedEx gets it there on time but then the Navy has to process it.

I have the letters in lieu of missing report already submitted, and that might be good enough for the board, but to be perferectly honest, this FITREP, from an active duty Captain, is just too good not to have the Board see it. So, I made another trip to NSA Millington today to get this report delivered. Same nice, friendly, helpful people there who took care of me. It was yet another reminder of why I do what I do–the people.

The truth is I am probably worrying a little too much about this Board meeting. It looks like the selection rate will be fairly good and I’ve done a lot of things in the Navy. I’m in my fourth command tour, I’ve completed JPME Phase I and II, I have not ticked off too many people, so even without this effort, I might be okay. But then again, everyone else is just as good too. I don’t kid myself, no matter how good I think I am at something, there is always someone out there who is better and a whole bunch of people who are just as good. And it is the attention to these types of things that I think is important.

Now, it is all in the hands of the capable Selection Board. I now enter the long period of wait and see becasue the results will not be released until June. And if selected I probalby will not actually be promoted until the next June or July as a result of being fairly junior in zone.