Here it is: Tyler has joined the US Navy as an officer in the Civil Engineering Corps!!!
Here's the scoop:
Last summer Tyler got a message from a guy on Linked In who was looking for civil engineers who wanted to apply to be in the Navy's Civil Engineering Corps as officers. He had applied for this twice before, once with the Air Force and the other with the Navy, and we felt like it would be at least worth applying for again. He wasn't looking for a new job, in fact we were quite happy with the job he had with Captive Aire. We got his application in and started waiting. And waiting. And waiting. We waited for about four months for the selection committee that met in October to make their decision and tell us about it. We were supposed to know by mid November. Come the beginning of December we finally found out that he had been selected and that he was going to be offered the position but we had to wait a little longer for big Navy to approve the amount of officers that had been selected. So again we waited. Finally, on December 15, 2014, Tyler was sworn in to the Navy.
He will be doing what's called a delayed entry program. The Navy is paying him to finish his masters degree first and then he will start all the training and everything. Here is our timeline: Tyler has 3 semesters left of his masters degree, that puts him graduating in May 2016. After that there will be a break of a little over a month and he will ship off to Officer Candidate School (OCS) which is the same thing as basic training for officers. OCS is 12 weeks long. After OCS there will be another short break while we pack up and get ready to move. That puts us staying in Boise area for almost two years. We will be in California for six months for him to complete some specialized training that is specific to what he will be doing in the Civil Engineering Corps (CEC). After that we will start our first tour, which will likely be with the Seabees, which is the Naval construction crew.
We feel like our lives have been completely turned upside down. But we have fasted and prayed and know that for some reason that this is what The Lord wants us to be doing.
The changes that have happened: Tyler started school again full time, he is working part time for Captive Aire (where he has been working the past two and a half years), and we are starting the process of selling our house. He is also working 10 hours a week for the Idaho Design Lab (IDL) at the University of Idaho.
It has all happened so fast, even though we waited for months, once he was selected everything just picked up from there.
We are so excited for this new chapter in our lives and all that it will bring. We already feel like we are being blessed for following what we feel God wants us to do. We know that it's going to be really hard sometimes, but we are going to stay positive and look forward to this new adventure for our family!
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