[George16]

The ship and the crew will be leaving in a couple of days. We are getting everything ready for sea. As for the families and dependents, we got word this afternoon that there will be a "Voluntary Military Assisted Evacuation" and ensure all our families are ready to go. I think they only said "voluntary" instead of mandatory so as not to insult the government of Japan. Nonethe less, my wife and kids will be leaving either tomorrow or Saturday. They will be picked up by a bus which will take them to Narita airport and board one of the chartered flights to Osan Korea and ultimately to the US. It's been a very stressfull day for everyone here because we still have to do our job in getting the ship underway. It sucks too since I have duty today. They already told us to fill out paperwork necessary for the evacuation.