Continuing my journey through all the Bond books, I've reached for Your Eyes Only, the 8th Flemming novel. And this one isn't a fully-fledged novel, instead it's a collection of 5 short stories, because Flemming at the time was in talks to get Bond to the TV screen and these 5 short stories were essentially ideas for episodes. Obviously that series never got made. It's still interesting to read how Flemming did writing short stories. So let's go over all 5 in this collection. The first story in this collection is From a View to a Kill. Yes, From a View, that's the original title. The story involves the mysterious killing of a motorcycle dispatch rider and the theft of his top-secret documents by a motorcycle-riding assassin. The dispatch rider was en route to station F in Saint-Germain, France. Much like the previous novel, Goldfinger, Bond just came off a dreadful mission involving a lot of killing and he's recharging, this time in Paris. That is, until Bond girl Mary Ann Russell shows up to pick up Bond. A resourceful girl described to have absolutely everything that belonged in his fantasy. He's a grade 2 assistant that has the modern air of a 60's girl, driving fast, talking fast and playing fast as he readily accepts Bond's offer of dinner, preferring his ways to the French, who make the business of seduction so tedious in her words. So anyway, Bond is asked to assist in the investigation of the murder of the dispatch driver and he disguises himself as a dispatch rider following the exact same route to station F as the previous rider. As expected, the assassin attempts to kill Bond. Bond, however, is ready and kills the assassin. He then uncovers the assassin's hidden bunker of operations and this is a combination of being quite ingenious and a bizarre read as the base is underground hidden under a rose field. And one of the roses has a hidden periscope in there, suddenly coming up from the rest, looking around and I really found that ingenious and enjoyable. Bond ends up uncovering the Russian spies in the bunker, ends up in a fight and Mary Ann Russell ends up becoming the first Bond girl to save Bond's life. In the end, it's more than implied that Bond sleeps with the girl, dragging her into the bunker to show her the burst nest. I found this first short story enjoyable. It's fast, it's mysterious and very easy to see as a TV sort of episode in the life of Bond. From what I researched, Fleming initially wants to use this material as the backstory of his villain Hugo Drax from Moonraker as Drax would have been the dispatch driver that ended up in the hospital. The story does lack the presence of any real villain characters. I mean, there are enemy spies, goons so to speak of, but the short story doesn't really have the time to set up an overarching villain or anything grand. That spy bunker under the flowerbed is still cool though, solid first short story. The second story, the one that the entire collection is named after, is fantastic as well. For your eyes only tells the story of an old happy couple living in Jamaica, the Haverlocks. When suddenly they get a visit from a bunch of Cubans looking out to buy their house. Mr. Haverlock kindly lets them know that his property isn't for sale and the conversation slowly goes from being light-hearted to becoming dark as the Cubans brutally kill the Haverlocks. The Haverlocks turn out to be personal friends of M, who is in serious self-conflict on this whole affair. On the one hand this has nothing to do with MI6, on the other hand these were personal friends of him, justice is called for. So eventually he decided to send out Bond, half-record, to go and take out the people responsible of this brutal murder. The Cuban hitman Hector Gonzales turns out to be working for a villain by the name of Von Hammerstein, currently residing at a lake house in the mountains and forests of Canada. It's very cool to see Bond go out on a stealthy assassination mission in Canada, something we never saw before in neither the novels nor in any of the films. This is when he runs into Judy Haverlock, the Haverlock's daughter who is out for revenge. She reminded me somewhat of Honey Child Rider in the ways he's described to be wild and rather animal, who knew wild country and forests and is not afraid of them. She ends up shooting Von Hammerstein in the back with an arrow from 100 yards at the exact moment he dives into the lake. She's quite the skilled girl. A shootout then commences and Bond ends up killing all of the Cuban hitman. Judy gets wounded in the gunfight and again in the end it's more than implied that Bond ends up sleeping with the girl. This one was great. The setup is intriguing, M's personal connection raises the stakes and his debate whether or not to settle this affair is interesting and different and you really feel yourself agreeing that rough justice needs to be served here and these villains should be taken care of.  Very enjoyable read. The third short story in the collection, Quantum of Solace is definitely the odd one out of the five. It's not really a mission or an adventure but more Bond being in a conversation with a governor in the Bahamas. I did really once again find myself identifying with Bond though. James Bond said, I've always thought that if I ever married I would marry an air hostess. Having my own girlfriend be a flight attendant too, I couldn't help myself smiling from ear to ear sharing this opinion with James Bond. Unfortunately this particular stewardess in the short story isn't the most sane of characters. The governor basically ends up telling a story of a man he used to work with called Philip Masters who also happened to have been falling in love with a stewardess by the name of Rhoda Llewellyn and the governor ends up telling how they met and eventually got married and went on to live in Bermuda. Things seemed romantic and fun until Rhoda started having an affair with some rich guy. As a result, life got pretty awful for Masters who deteriorated at his job and suffered from a breakdown. Long story short, Masters ended up dividing their home into two sections, half to each and he refused to have anything to do with his wife in private but they still maintained to appear as a normal couple in public. Eventually he left Rhoda with lots of unpaid debts. The governor then explains a concept to Bond he calls the Quantum of Solace meaning the level of comfort a healthy relationship should have. If the Quantum of Solace drops to zero, the human consideration and respect between two people is gone and a relationship no longer works. After a while Rhoda just ended up marrying some other rich guy, one that Bond happened to have been seated next to at the start. And Bond found Rhoda to be particularly dull in the beginning without knowing anything about her life. Now he found out that this was in fact Rhoda and he heard some of the life that she went through. And though I found myself identifying with the part of falling in love with a stewardess, I really started to question what the point of this short story even was, that you shouldn't judge a person by its cover, that a relationship can run its course when someone is having an affair or when the other one puts financial debts onto the other person. I mean duh, it's not really a profound, mind-blowing moral or anything interesting. Apparently Fleming had this story told to him in real life too by some admiral and he decided to adapt it for this short story, for whatever reason. While the story isn't necessarily uninteresting, I don't really see the point of adapting it to a James Bond story. I'd say this is the one story out of the five you can just skip and not miss anything from. The fourth short story moves us back into regular Bond territory in a tale of drug smuggling in Italy. Bond has a meeting in a restaurant with CIA informant Cristados, who tells Bond that a man called Enrico Colombo is behind a large smuggle racket. Later on, Bond gets into touch with Colombo's mistress, Liesel, and has a rendezvous with her at a beach near Venice. Fleming actually describes the exact location this beach is located at and you really get the sense that Fleming has visited this location himself with his usual level of detail of where places are and what things look like. Anyway, as Bond arrives at the rendezvous with Liesel, she changes her mind and Colombo's men come after Bond. After a short chase, they eventually capture him. They take him aboard of Colombo's ship and what do you know, Bond has been fooled and learns that Colombo isn't the smuggler he should be after, but it's Cristados instead. Now obviously, if you've seen the movie for your eyes only, this big plot twist comes as no surprise and Colombo turns out to be a jovial and colorful ally in the same vein as Karen Bay from From Russia With Love. He asks Bond to join him to eliminate Cristados and raid his warehouse. And this whole part of Bond sailing the Adriatic Sea while Colombo and his men prepare for the raid is great. It's like Bond suddenly became part of some pirate's crew. Colombo obviously isn't crime free himself, smuggling various things like cigarettes and spices, but you know, not drugs. And he's more likeable, so it's easy to go along with this stuff. The warehouse raid is well written and action packed and it all ends with Bond taking out Cristados and receiving the key to a hotel room where Liesel is located. So essentially, Colombo gives Liesel as a reward for helping him. So again, it's implied that Bond will be sleeping with the girl at the end of the story. This was another really likable story and much like for your eyes only, one I wish was expanded more into a full blown adventure because there's definitely potential here. And speaking of potential, the Hildebrand rarity was the only one in this collection I somehow never got around to read before and I was very surprised to really like. This one really feels different to all the other stories in this collection. Bond has pretty much finished a routine mission in the Seychelles and has to go and sit out some time, which he mostly spends diving in the tropical ocean. That is until an ally by the name of Fidel Barbe requests Bond to help an American millionaire Milton Crest to find a rare fish called the Hildebrand rarity. Bond agrees to this task and with Barbe he boards Crestes yacht, the Wavecrest. Crest is described as probably one of the most obnoxious and dislikeable men in existence, beating his wife who he punishes with the use of a stingray tail that he dubs the corrector. Bond does his absolute best not to try and get annoyed with Crestes ego and just get on with finding that damn fish for this guy. Eventually they find the fish and like Living Let Die, Fleming always excels in describing underwater life. Bond even wants to save the fish because Crest will be using poison killing hundreds of them. I really like this surprising moral and humanitarian side of Bond that he is displayed having in this short story. The same holds for Bond feeling sorry for Crestes wife and wishing he could help her from the abuse, but also knowing there isn't much he can do about it. Eventually that night on the Wavecrest, Crest is getting exceptionally drunk and more obnoxious than he already is sober when they eventually turn in for the night. And Bond can't get to sleep because of Crestes snoring in the other cabin above, so he gets out of bed. Then the snoring turns to choking and Bond finds Crest murdered with the Hildebrand rarity stuffed into his throat and there is no killer to be seen. And the great thing about this story is we never found out who did it. Is innocent wife or barbie? Who killed Crest and Fleming just leaves it open for the imagination. And I really like that because I found myself theorizing and going over who I thought must have done it. I personally lean more towards the wife having been beaten by Crest many times and she might have found the courage to free herself from him so to speak. I don't know, we're obviously not meant to know who did it and that's kind of unique and cool for a Fleming Bond story. Since this particular book didn't feature just one story and the TV series never really got made, you can't really compare this to the movies. However, most of the content of these short stories for Your Eyes Only and Risico were adapted into the 1981 movie for Your Eyes Only. Only the killing of the Havilocks by a Cuban hitman and their daughter, now named Melita instead of Judy, taking revenge. Not with a bow and arrow, but with a crossbow. The killing of an assassin with an arrow before diving into the water is also there. From Risico we get the characters of Cristados and Colombo and the same plot twist of the villain turning out to be the ally and vice versa. From the Hildebrand rarity, the character of Crest, who was loosely adapted into License to Kill, along with his boat, the Wavecrest. The woman beating was given to Sanchez though. The name Hildebrand shows up as an homage of the name of the safe house inspector. So this collection gave us a look at Fleming's short story writing and a look at what a potential Bond TV series might have looked like. You can kind of see it. Most of them are mini-adventures featuring murder, an objective and Bond ending up sleeping with a girl. It's a mixed bag though. It's fun to read short stories, all of which can be consumed quickly in about an hour or so, but obviously the lengths don't allow for the time to really flesh out characters and plot elements more deeply. That isn't to say Fleming failed, I'd say 4 out of 5 stories are really enjoyable and I had a lot of fun with it. It's just not as special as most of his full-blown stories are, because every time you're about to really get into these stories again, they are already over. From a few to a kill for your eyes only and Risico felt the most like classic Bond adventures, offering interesting missions while Quantum of Solace and the Hildebrand is rarity, where more or less character studies that put Bond into a completely different role, where Fleming didn't excel in Quantum, but definitely did on Hildebrand. If you were to ask me to rank these 5 stories in the collection from worst to best, I'd say Quantum of Solace comes rock bottom and then a huge leap up from a few to a kill in number 4. At number 3 I'd put Risico. At number 2 I'd put the Hildebrand rarity, which I wouldn't have fought beforehand, because I felt that this was just the most unique and different to anything that came before and I honestly had a blast reading it for the first time. At number 1 I'd rank For Your Eyes Only, which I felt was the most solid James Bond story in mini form, featuring a colorful Bond girl and villains and an interesting theme with the rough justice aspect of it. And so I'm happy they gave that title to this whole collection of short stories. Apart from Quantum of Solace, I would recommend to visit or revisit these quick to digest short stories as they are very enjoyable, but ultimately these stories also left me hungry to get back into full-blown Bond adventures again, especially because I never got to read beyond this particular point in the series. So I'm super excited to start the Spectre trilogy next and all that is to come after that as a first time reader from here on in.


Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Commanding Officer, Officer Training Command Newport, welcome to the graduation ceremony for OCS Class 1021 consisting of 100 candidates. The order of events for today's ceremony is as follows. At 0900, Captain Heisenberg, United States Navy, Commanding Officer, Officer Training Command Newport, and the guest of honor, Rear Admiral Chatfield, United States Navy, Naval War College President will arrive. The graduates will rise for the arrival of the official party and remain standing for the playing of the national anthem and invocation. Captain Heisenberg and Rear Admiral Chatfield will address the graduating class, and the class will receive the oath of office. The graduates will then be recognized through the presentation of their commission by the Commanding Officer. Ladies and gentlemen, the official party will now arrive. Officer Training Command Newport arriving. Naval War College President arriving. Ladies and gentlemen, Chaplain Butts will now offer the invocation. Let us pray, Eternal Father, you have fashioned and created us as a people and called us as a nation for a place of trust and leadership in the world. We honor this day our newest naval officers, and we ask for your special blessing upon them as they embark on their journey into the fleet. Father, today our hearts rejoice in the day these graduates have dreamed of has finally arrived. So many are proud of their achievements. However, we are mindful that our achievements are possible only through the life you have given us, through the parents who have loved and nourished us, through the host of peers and friends along life's way who encouraged us, and those here at Officer Training Command who guided and molded each life, developing them into our nation's newest naval leaders. No one person is an island and none are perfect and each is a witness to your watchful care and forgiving grace. With every accomplishment and privilege came added responsibility, and each one of these officers stands here today accepting of the duty that our nation has entrusted to them. Bless all those who have stood by these, we honor, and give them an extra portion of your love. Watch over and protect them as they head off to their new commands. Today they stand on the shoulders of the greatest naval leaders of history who've inspired generations to fight for the freedoms that make our country great. Give them the strength and courage to carry on that legacy. Be with us today and forever of men. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, Captain Mark Heisenberg, Officer Training Command Newport. OTC and staff, family members, and friends who are joining us virtually, and most importantly, soon to be commissioned officers of class 10TAC21. Good morning. I am excited to welcome 100 newest ensigns into one of the most prestigious, challenging, and rewarding careers in our nation that of the Naval officer. And I'd like to point out that this is the largest class we have graduated in my tenure here at Officer Training Command, and I think that's fantastic. To the family and friends joining us virtually today, I applaud you for the great work you have done preparing these impressive young leaders prior to their arrival here. Thank you for the support you have given them. It has enabled them to make the sound choices they have made, and we are grateful to these graduates for their choice to serve. And we are grateful to you for your continued support. To the graduates here today, as commanding officer of Officer Training Command Newport, I am proud of all of you. You all had many other options in volunteering to serve your country, yet you chose this path. I thank you for your patriotism, your willingness to serve. I can assure you that a life of service holds many rewards and will bring you great fulfillment. You completed rigorous military, academic, and physical training. You overcame obstacles, nothing was handed to you these past 13 weeks, except opportunity, the opportunity to make something more of yourself, to learn, to grow, and to lead. And you seized that opportunity. You embraced it, and today, you reap its reward. I congratulate each and every one of you for that significant and memorable achievement. It is now time to embrace a new opportunity to lead sailors in the fleet. In the years ahead, your knowledge and leadership skills will be tested often. You will be standing watch and working alongside fellow officers and sailors around the world and around the clock. Know that you are going to do significant and meaningful work for our country. The nation and the Navy expect the best from you, the highest standards of personal and professional conduct, excellence in leadership and a strict adherence to the Navy's core values, honor, courage, commitment. I urge you to continue to uphold the highest standards of excellence and integrity. Character matters, as writer George Eliot once said, character is destiny. Your choices in life will determine where you end up. Work hard. Learn the warfare and professional skills of your designator. Strive to be the best and give your country your best efforts because nothing else will suffice. In closing, I applaud your accomplishments and perseverance. Each of you are about to embark upon a great adventure, an adventure in which I hope you find both professional success and personal fulfillment.  And regardless of how long you serve our nation, it will most assuredly be a time in your life upon which you will look back with much pride and satisfaction. Congratulations to each and every one of you. I wish you fair wins and following seats. It is my honor and privilege this morning to introduce to you our first guest speaker since the start of this pandemic. Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, president of the Naval War College, a native of Garden Grove, California, and graduate from Boston University, she has honorably served her Navy and her nation for over 30 years. She is a career naval aviator, having flown multiple helicopter platforms. Her float assignments include tours at multiple helicopter combat support squadrons as well as in the helicopter sea combat community. She was a 20th commanding officer of helicopter combat support squadron 5 and upon his disestablishment, the first commanding officer of helicopter sea combat squadron 25, the Island Knights. She was a type wing commander for helicopter sea combat wing U.S. Pacific Fleet from 2011 to 2013. A shore, she has served on multiple staffs to include the Joint Staff J-5 Plans and Policy Directorate, Central and Eastern European Branch, the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, and was the U.S. Deputy Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee. She served as Assistant Professor of Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy from 2001 to 2004, and she has served in Afghanistan. Most recently, Rear Admiral Chatfield commanded Joint Region Marianas from January 2017 to August 2019. As President of the Naval War College here in Newport, Rear Admiral Chatfield is responsible for educating and developing leaders from all services, U.S. government agencies and departments, and international navies. Her leadership is absolutely essential to the continued success of the world's greatest navy, and we are truly fortunate to have her here with us today to share some thoughts with the navy's 100 newest ensign. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our guest of honor today. Good morning. All right, I want everyone to take a deep breath, let it out, and put a smile on your face because this is happening. Good morning and welcome to all the family friends and loved ones who have logged on to this ceremony today to celebrate the commissioning of these 100 new naval officers. Thank you for logging on. I wish in different circumstances that you could be here today because it is your support of these fine men and women that has provided them a strong foundation which will carry them through many long days and challenging situations in the future. Thank you for being part of a very proud and strong navy family. And now to the officer candidates of class 10, tack to one. Depending on your prior service, I want to congratulate each of you on achieving what is either your first career milestone or your biggest career milestone yet in your naval careers, and you've done it in these unprecedented times. There are undoubtedly more challenges and more triumphs in your future, but your commitment has been tested rigorously in these past 13 weeks, and each of you has proven that you are up to the tasks that lay ahead. I remember so vividly being in your shoes and how excited I was to pack every single thing that I owned into my new 1988 Ford Escort GT to move down to Pensacola, Florida to begin flight school. I was so full of excitement and resolve that the next phase of my training would be a resounding success, and I expect that each of you here today has that same element of excitement, breathlessness, and anticipation in you for your departure and your transition to your next assignment. But when I got there, I became aware that there were things that were going to be harder for me and harder for me than others in my flight school class. Turns out, I didn't have a background in mechanical things, and it was very challenging for me as I sat in my first aircraft engines class to grasp the concepts. In fact, I knew I was in trouble when the instructor said, the engine oil transducer looks like a spark plug. I thought, oh boy, I am in trouble. Serious trouble. That first exam didn't go well, and I knew I'm going to have to pull something out to make it through that course. I don't want to be last, I want to be at the top. I tried everything to master the material. They had told us, hey, try studying while bouncing a ball on the ground. That didn't work for me. I put the Natops manual under my pillow. Osmosis didn't work for me.  I recorded every word of that manual except for the short chapter on air conditioning. I recorded it, and I put it in my car, and I played it everywhere I went. Anytime I was driving, I was listening to my own voice quoting that manual and those chapters. So here comes the final exam. And I got a really high score on that exam. In fact, I only missed one question. I'll bet you can guess what question that was. It was about the air conditioning system in the TH-57. I'd taken one shortcut in my deep dive to correct my deficiency and that one shortcut, although it didn't hold me back, taught me a lesson. Shortcuts don't work. So I'm here to tell you that you are going to find areas where you're going to have to work harder than you observe that others are working. Whether it's because of aptitude or experience or exposure, it's going to happen.  Now the great thing about this Navy is that you've got shipmates. And if you look to your right and left, these are the first ones maybe that you've met, but there's always going to be a shipmate who has a strength you don't have and who has a weakness that you don't have. So I'd ask you to draw on your strengths and to notice where a shipmate needs help and when you're in your area of weakness to ask for help. Once you've put the work in to successfully complete the next phase of your training and you go out to the operational fleet, I want to ask you to focus on three things. Earn your warfare qualification, learn your job and discover that thing that you have, that unique gift that you have that you can offer to the world's greatest Navy. So when you get to your next, sorry, your first command, your first operational command as a junior officer, find out what you have to do to get qualified. Earning your warfare qualification is the next big milestone in your career and you've got to pursue it with energy and aggressiveness. The process of mastering the technical and tactical aspects of your work will challenge you immensely, but your ability to achieve what you already have is an indication that you have an aptitude for success and you're going to build that into a habit. Focus intensely on that work, work vigorously and seek to get qualified early. At the same time, it's very important for you to learn your assigned position within the organization. And it doesn't necessarily mean that you learn every detailed aspect of your role as the AVI next division officer or the gunnery officer or the first lieutenant. It's equally important that you learn how to lead people. This is a manpower human capital organization and we have got to develop depth on the bench. So part of learning your ground job as aviators call it is learning how to lead people. You've learned a lot about leadership already, but you have to commit to future development, constant professional development in leadership and focus on developing your team. And that's where you get to practice the values of the Navy. What you've learned here about Navy core values and I stress that respect is at the foundation of all of those values. And I want to thank all of the instructors here. We've got so many in the back of the room and I know that there are others that are over and still working on other aspects of this organization, but I want to thank you that for the time and the personal attention that you've given to each of these new officers in our fleet. So lastly, I'm going to challenge each new officer to think about your unique talent. What is it that you have more of than anyone else in this room? Each of you has something and it's going to become more and more apparent to you the longer you stay in our Navy. You have a unique gift and your commands are going to have gaps if only somebody were to take on this and that person might be you because your unique gift matches that gap in your command. Don't try to copy someone else's. You've got something each of you and you've got to offer it and offering the thing that's unique in yourself oftentimes means that you're taking on a risk because no one else did it. But that's the thing that makes our Navy great. We're an all-volunteer force and when you volunteer to give that thing of yourself that no one else can, that's when our Navy grows and that's when our teams get better and that's when we know that we're going to win. So I want to talk to you about one officer that I had, Gabe Fills, working for me when I was the commanding officer of HSC 25. His unique gift was in breaking down difficult concepts and translating them to officers who didn't really understand what was behind the procedures in the book. He just really had a great way of explaining it. So he could have done that individually with people who needed help but he took on the task of reorganizing the training and rewriting the lectures for all the pilots in our wardrobes, more than 60 pilots and every single one of us was better for his effort. And it's hard not to just take up the training manual and do it the way the last person did because we're all familiar with that. Just break out the canned lecture, just give it. He wasn't willing to accept that. He knew we could be better and he offered it. Now I'm a commanding officer and I'll tell you a lot of people think, well I've got to be like the most charismatic person that was here before. Now I don't remember who that last charismatic officer was. I remember the officer who made us all better. That's what I noticed as a commanding officer. So don't get caught up in thinking that you've got to be like someone else. Be like yourself and offer that gift that you have. Find your true talents, optimize them voluntarily for the United States Navy as your part of your service for our nation. So I've talked for too long. You're all buzzing with excitement. I can feel it.  And so I want to congratulate you again on your achievements and welcome you to the finest naval officer cadre of the world's greatest Navy. And if I can tell you one thing that you remember out of this speech and out of this time that we share together today, the Navy needs you right now to run after your next qualification. We need you to move with urgency and intention to get qualified. Go forth, ensigns. I'm so proud of each and every one of you. Congratulations. Thank you, Admiral Chatfield. The graduating class will now receive the Oath of Office. I will now read the oath of office. You may choose to say the word swear or affirm. I will read the word swear. But when you get there, if you choose to affirm this oath, you may do so. Raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, state your name, having been appointed an ensign in the United States Navy. Do hereby accept such appointment and do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. Please be seated. The graduates assembled will now be recognized by the Admiral and the commanding officer for their achievements while undergoing training here at Officer Training Command Newport. Ensign Adams has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation preflight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Ensign Adams is a graduate of Liberty University. Ensign Archer has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation preflight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Ensign Archer is a graduate of University of Michigan. Ensign Arzadan has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to LHA-6 USS America in Sasebo, Japan. Ensign Arzadan is a graduate of San Diego State University. Ensign Atencio has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Ross in Rotis, Spain. Ensign Atencio is a graduate of University of Colorado. Ensign Ballard has been designated a special warfare officer and will be assigned to Naval Special Warfare Center, Coronado, California. Ensign Ballard is a graduate of Auburn University. Ensign Brooks has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Laboon, DDG-58, Norfolk, Virginia. Edson Brooks is a graduate of Maryland Global Campus. Edson Arthur has been designated a Surface Warfare Officer and will be assigned to USS Cole, Norfolk, Virginia. Edson Arthur is a graduate of American Military University. Edson Arthur has been awarded the Commander Jack Leavitt Leadership Award, having been chosen by his peers as a candidate who most inspired his class and personifies the highest standards of personal sound management practice and moral responsibility. Edson Chiles has been designated a Surface Warfare Officer and will be assigned to USS Mahan, DDG-72 in Norfolk, Virginia. Edson Chiles is a graduate of University of Northwestern, St. Paul. Edson Spenrath has been designated an Intelligence Officer and will be assigned to Information Warfare Training Command in Damneck, Virginia. Edson Spenrath is a graduate of National University. Edson Cleveland has been designated a Special Warfare Officer and will be assigned to Naval Special Warfare Center Coronado, California. Edson Cleveland is a graduate of Southeastern University. Edson Belu has been designated a Naval Flight Officer and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Edson Belu is a graduate of University of Arkansas. Edson Barfield has been designated a Surface Warfare Officer and will be assigned to USS San Jacinto, Norfolk, Virginia. Edson Barfield is a graduate of Norfolk State University. Edson Barfield is a Distinguished Naval Graduate. Edson Barling has been designated a Nuclear Summary and Warfare Officer and has been assigned to Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina. Edson Barling is a graduate of University of California, Davis. Edson Barling is a Distinguished Naval Graduate. Edson Bennett has been designated a Surface Warfare Officer and will be assigned to LPD-26 USS John P. Murtha, San Diego, California. Edson Bennett is a graduate of University of Mississippi. Edson Beanstock has been designated a Special Warfare Officer and will be assigned to Special Warfare Officer School in Coronado, California. Edson Beanstock is a graduate of Dartmouth College. Edson Blanton has been designated a Supply Corps Officer and will be assigned to Naval Supply School in Newport, Rhode Island. Edson Blanton is a graduate of Florida State University. Edson Androff has been designated a Student Naval Aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Edson Androff is a graduate of Clemson University. Edson Bennett has been designated a Student Naval Aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Edson Bennett is a graduate of Florida State University. Edson Roman Charries has been designated a Student Naval Aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Edson Roman Charries is a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University. Edson Bailey has been designated a Surface Warfare Officer will be assigned to USS Philippine Sea, Norfolk, Virginia. Anson Bailey is a graduate of American Military University. Anson Bloomfield has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Forest Sherman, Norfolk, Virginia. Anson Bloomfield is a graduate of California State University. Anson Boling has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Philippine Sea, Norfolk, Virginia. Anson Boling is a graduate of Miami University, Ohio. Anson Bridges has been designated a naval flight officer and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Bridges is a graduate of Tarleton State University. Anson Brzeusky has been designated a special warfare officer and will be assigned to Naval Special Warfare Center Coronado, California. Anson Brzeusky is a graduate of University of Maryland. Anson Buck has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Port Royal, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Anson Buck is a graduate of Tennessee Technological University. Anson Budokoffer has been designated a supply core officer and will be assigned to Naval Supply Core School in Newport, Rhode Island. Anson Budokoffer is a graduate of Piedmont University. Anson Butler has been designated a special warfare officer and will be assigned to Naval Special Warfare Center Coronado, California. Anson Butler is a graduate of Virginia Tech. Anson Butler has been awarded the Chapel Clarity United States Marine Corps Physical Fitness Award for obtaining the highest overall grade and physical fitness while attending officer candidate school. Anson Butler is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Cerule has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Port Royal, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Anson Cerule is a graduate of Stanford University. Anson Cerule is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Cruz has been designated a cryptologic warfare officer and will be assigned to Navy Information Operations Command. Anson Cruz is a graduate of San Jose State University. Anson Cummings has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Cummings is a graduate of DeVry University. Anson DeBlaze has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Tortuga, Little Creek, Virginia. Anson DeBlaze is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton. Anson Deering has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Deering is a graduate of the University of Kansas. Anson Dickerson has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Dickerson is a graduate of the University of Texas. Anson Dickerson is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Dickman has been designated a nuclear submarine warfare officer and has been assigned to Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina. Anson Dickman is a graduate of Kansas State University. Anson Dowell has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Anchorage, San Diego, California. Anson Dowell is a graduate of Arizona State University. Anson Dugas has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Dugas is a graduate of Methodist University. Anson Dugas is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Irwin has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Irwin is a graduate of Clemson University. Anson Irwin is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson the Studio Soto has been designated a supply corps officer and will be assigned to Naval Supply Corps School in Newport, Rhode Island. Anson the Studio Soto is a graduate of University of Arizona. Anson Filacci has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Somerset, San Diego, California. Anson Filacci is a graduate of George Washington University. Anson Filacci is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Figueroa has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Figueroa is a graduate of University of Central Florida. Anson Flores has been designated a nuclear submarine warfare officer and has been assigned to Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina. Anson Flores is a graduate of University of Arizona. Anson Flores is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Franklin has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Laboon, Norfolk, Virginia. Anson Franklin is a graduate of University of Chicago. Anson Giro has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Giro is a graduate of Westfield State University. Anson Greyhound has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Princeton, San Diego, California. Anson Greyhound is a graduate of Webb Institute. Anson Hart has been designated a supply core officer and will be assigned to Naval Supply School in Newport, Rhode Island. Anson Hart is a graduate of University of Georgia. Anson Hart has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Hart is a graduate of Excelsior College. Anson Hartley has been designated a naval flight officer and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Hartley is a graduate of University of Central Florida. Anson Hirschberger has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Hirschberger is a graduate of Princeton University. Anson Holderby has been designated an intelligence officer and will be assigned to Information Warfare Training Command in Damneck, Virginia. Anson Holderby is a graduate from London School of Economics and Political Science. Anson Holmes has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Chaffee, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Anson Holmes is a graduate of Northern Arizona University. Anson Howe has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Wasp, LHD-1, Norfolk, Virginia. Anson Howe is a graduate of Iowa State University. Anson Hong has been designated a nuclear submarine warfare officer and has been assigned to Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina. Anson Hong is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles. Anson Emmerich has been designated an aviation maintenance duty officer. Anson Emmerich is a graduate of University of Dubuque. Anson Johnston has been designated a naval flight officer and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Johnston is a graduate of University of Nebraska. Anson Kerrigan has been designated a supply corps officer and will be assigned to Naval Supply School in Newport, Rhode Island. Anson Kerrigan is a graduate of University of Nevada, Reno. Anson Cook has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Cook is a graduate of Rocky Mountain College. Anson Lara has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Princeton, San Diego, California. Anson Lara is a graduate of University of Florida. Anson Lobono has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS McCampbell, Everett, Washington. Anson Lobono is a graduate of Oregon State University. Anson McLeod has been designated an explosive ordinance disposal officer and will be assigned to Naval Diving and Salvation Training Center, Panama City Beach, Florida. Anson McLeod is a graduate of Georgetown University. Anson Maloney has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Maloney is a graduate of University of Mississippi. Anson Martin has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Martin is a graduate of Radford University. Anson Masnick has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Chancellorsville, Yacuzca, Japan. Anson Masnick is a graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara. Anson Masnick has been awarded the Chapel Clarity United States Marine Corps Physical Fitness Award for obtaining the highest overall grade in physical fitness while attending Officer Candidate School. Anson Matetic has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation Pre-Flight and Doctination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Matetic is a graduate of the University of Alabama. Anson Maxwell has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Stout, Norfolk, Virginia. Anson Maxwell is a graduate of Kent State University. Anson McAvoy has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Rammage, Norfolk, Virginia. Anson McAvoy is a graduate of University of Alabama. Anson McCarthy has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Cowpens, San Diego, California. Anson McCarthy is a graduate of Tulane University. Anson McMahon has been designated a civil engineering corps officer and will be assigned to Port Wyneme, California. Anson McMahon is a graduate of Arizona State University. Anson McVicker has been designated a nuclear submarine warfare officer and has been assigned to Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina. Anson McVicker is a graduate of Montana State University. Anson Maizel has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS New York, Norfolk, Virginia. Anson Maizel is a graduate of Chapman University. Anson Mezman has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Rafael Peralta, Yakuska, Japan. Anson Mezman is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. Anson Mez has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to LHD-1, the Wasp, and North of Virginia. Anson Mez is a graduate of Old Dominion University. Anson Miller has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to Aviation, Pre-Flight, and Doctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Miller is a graduate of Brigham Young University. Anson Mills has been designated a naval flight officer and will be assigned to Aviation, Pre-Flight, and Doctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Mills is a graduate of St. Mary's College of California. Anson Morris has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Rammage, North of Virginia. Anson Morris is a graduate of the University of Connecticut. Anson Neal has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Cole, North of Virginia. Anson Neal is a graduate of Houston Baptist University. Anson Neal is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Newell has been designated a nuclear submarine warfare officer and has been assigned to nuclear power school in Charleston, South Carolina. Anson Newell is a graduate of Syracuse University. Anson Okamura has been designated a supply corps officer and will be assigned to Naval Supply School in Newport, Rhode Island. Anson Okamura is a graduate of Washington State University. Anson Palmaquapio has been designated a supply corps officer and will be assigned to Naval Supply School in Newport, Rhode Island. Anson Palmaquapio is a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University. Anson Parsons has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Parsons is a graduate of Texas Tech University. Anson Pellegrino has been designated a surface warfare nuclear officer and will be assigned to USS Oak Hill, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Anson Pellegrino is a graduate of Jacksonville University. Anson Pataco has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Pataco is a graduate of University of Salisbury. Anson Pataco is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Potter has been designated an explosive ordnance disposal officer and will be assigned to Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center Panama City Beach, Florida. Anson Potter is a graduate of University of California at Santa Barbara. Anson Potter has been awarded the Chapel Clarity United States Marine Corps Physical Fitness Award for obtaining the highest overall grade in physical fitness while attending officer candidate school. Anson Potter has also been awarded the Lieutenant Thomas G.D. Award for achieving the highest average in academics, military training and physical fitness while attending officer candidate school. Anson Potter is a distinguished naval graduate. Anson Powers has been designated a nuclear submarine warfare officer and has been assigned to nuclear power school in Charleston, South Carolina. Anson Powers is a graduate of California Polytechnic University. Anson Puccia has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Puccia is a graduate of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. Anson Ramos has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Ramos is a graduate of University of the Incarnate Word. Anson Ray has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Ray is a graduate of the University of Mary, Washington. Anson Robinson has been designated a naval flight officer and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Robinson is a graduate of University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Anson Rojas has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Somerset, San Diego, California. Anson Rojas is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley. Anson Singh has been designated a nuclear submarine warfare officer and has been assigned to Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina. Anson Singh is a graduate of the Ohio State University. Anson Somo has been designated a surface warfare nuclear officer and will be assigned to surface warfare nuclear officer school in the USS Farragut, Mayport, Florida. Anson Somo is a graduate of Penn State University. Anson Stewart has been designated a surface warfare officer and will be assigned to USS Ross. Anson Stewart is a graduate of Purdue University, Northwest. Anson Stokes has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Stokes is a graduate of Texas A&M University. Anson Stutzman has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Stutzman is a graduate of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Anson Thomas has been designated an intelligence officer and will be assigned to information warfare training command in Damneck, Virginia. Anson Thomas is a graduate of University of South Florida. Anson Thompson has been designated a naval flight officer and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Thompson is a graduate of Brown University. Anson Trainor has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Trainor is a graduate of Marywood University. Anson Triana has been designated a civil engineering corps officer and will be assigned Port Winemey, California. Anson Triana is a graduate of Florida International University. Anson Trageros has been designated a nuclear submarine warfare officer and has been assigned to nuclear power school in Charleston, South Carolina. Anson Trageros is a graduate of California State University Long Beach. Anson Shu has been designated a surface warfare nuclear officer and will be assigned to USS New Orleans, Sasebo, Japan. Anson Shu is a graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Anson Shu has been awarded the Rear Admiral Steven B. Lucie Award for obtaining the highest academic average while attending officer candidate school. Anson Zachary has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to aviation pre-flight indoctrination in Pensacola, Florida. Anson Zachary is a graduate of the College of William and Mary. Anson Zachary is a distinguished naval graduate. Ladies and gentlemen, the United States Navy's newest ensigns. We will now conclude the ceremony with a playing of the service songs and the final dismissal. On behalf of the commanding officer, Officer Training Command Newport, thank you for viewing today's ceremony.


Alrighty, this is breaking news, like absolutely breaking news. And I'm gonna explain that what happened today because it's insane. But you're gonna see on the screen a ton of new construction markings that popped up today, survey markings and construction markings, concrete construction markings, the same construction markings that confirmed to me that a flat ride was gonna go where Tundra Twister is. The silver distance markings used for swinging or kind of like roller coasters. It confirms either a flat ride or a roller coaster when you see these silver distance markings and they are here. And then I rushed home. I filmed all this, I rushed home. I'm like, there is going to be a flat ride package or a roller coaster going in international show place confirmed. All these things that I have built up over the years make sense now. The diesel generator that is now placed outside of the mountain and has been since spring, makes sense now. The construction markings where they're located makes sense now. I am so excited to announce to you guys that Canada's Wonderland will be building a launched wing coaster that launches out of international show place, I would I assume underground into the mountain, into the mountain and shoots up like volcano blast coaster and comes out of the top of the mountain and then we'll go into whatever sequence it goes into. I can confirm that this is 100% the avenue they're going to move down. What the theme of this wing coaster is going to be is not decided yet and those surveys have gone out. Wonderland is seeking the advice from their guests on what they should theme this launched wing coaster to and name it. What's really exciting is honestly like this is not what I was expecting at all. I can also confirm that it also looks like they're going to build a family coaster in Whitewater Canyon and the high thrill ride will be coming out of the mountain. So that is, that's shocking to me but with what I know about the height requirements, the max height and all that, the height restrictions next to the highway, it makes sense that they're going to build a family coaster back there and that the high thrill will be in the middle of the park but nonetheless it is so exciting, like so exciting. I can't wait for this to start construction and with the distance markings that are there, it sounds like this is going to be the 2025 coaster. I can't see why they would go the family coaster route for 2025 in Whitewater Canyon. I honestly think that they're moving this direction especially with the survey markings that have appeared. Again, these specific survey markings, the silver distance markings that track how close a specific aspect of a ride is going to get to an object have now popped up in this area which means they are tracking the distance for a reason and these ones popped up the year before Tundra Twister and those were the specific ones that a construction company told me, if you see these ones, this tells you there's a swing radius or some sort of element on a coaster that is going to come close to that building or structure and they need to know specifically a distance from that silver point on that object to the point of interest which is obviously, what do you call it, international show place but I'm going to show you guys on the screen right now the concept art for these coasters. They are either going to go down a blast coaster volcano theme or a concert rock and roll theme. So they are deciding which avenue to go down. I am a little confused with both. The rock and roll to me is a complete loss. It doesn't make sense, but I love the concept art. I got to tell you I love it. The blast volcano coaster makes a lot more sense. It makes a lot more sense. It's the mountain. So honestly, it makes sense. I was expecting a Friends Here Canada theme. Not going to lie. But yes, international show place and the area of the concept art for this coaster is all marked up now and there are some even construction markings in this area. So that tells you this is coming soon. This is definitely a 2025 project in my opinion. It definitely looks like international show place is going to be the station of this coaster and at some point you're going to launch out. If it ends up being the music theme like you're going to launch out and it looks like a concert. If it's going to be the blast coaster, you're going to launch underground and come outside of the mountain. So if you get these surveys, please choose the blast coaster. But again, really interesting that Wonderland is seeking so much input from the general public on helping pick their next attraction. That being said, the other option is a Zambini Zinger clone ish or kind of similar in the Whitewater Canyon area with a complete re-theme. I definitely can tell that they're not going to probably go down that route for 2025. I definitely think they're going to go down this route because these distance markings are there already. They're there, they popped up as of yesterday or today. That's how new they are. Here is one of them on the screen. But yeah, I want to hear from you guys down below. What would you prefer? A family GCI in Whitewater Canyon or a launched wing coaster themed to rock and roll or a launched wing coaster themed to volcano erupting. I know the King's Dominion fans are triggered in the comment section right now, but it looks... It's so funny. Like we are literally going to potentially be getting the volcano launch coaster. But nonetheless, we are 100% getting a launched wing coaster as our next coaster I would predict at Canada's Wonderland and it is going to be in this area located in this video. So definitely breaking the news now and construction is going to start in December. It's a very big project that makes sense now. So when I had heard rumblings that construction was going to start on our 2025 coaster in December, it makes sense because that's an early start date. But if you're going to have to dig underground and go into the mountain and all that, that's why. Now the question remains, are we going to lose Wonder Mountains Guardian?  But I assume we're going to lose it and are we going to lose vortex? Like is there room to be coming out of the mountain where vortex sits? So definitely questions that remain, but I definitely think vortex is safe. I can't see how they're going to do this. You wouldn't remove vortex with you just painted it and there's definitely been money going into it unless something came up. But nonetheless, I think vortex is safe. I don't think Wonder Mountains Guardian is safe, but we'll have to see. Anyways, thanks so much for watching today's video and yeah, definitely check out some construction updates that are going to be starting on this as, whoa, it's going quick now. It's like, this just popped up out of nowhere and I rushed home and then everything. Yeah, but that's everything guys. Thanks so much. Have a good one and stay tuned for some more information on 2024 and 2025. Bye.