Panama Canal

Hi! My name is Jordan Glenn Pugh and I am a Seaman Apprentice. I currently serve as an undesignated seaman on the USS Underwood. I shipped off for boot camp March 8, 2011. This is my first deployment and I am very excited to be here. South America is our destination and we are supposed to visit many countries along the way. Along the journey we will pass through the Panama Canal. My job will be to man the sea and anchor detail. We will drop fenders over the side of the ship and be hooked onto wires that will slowly pull us through the canal. We will be moved through a series of locks that will be lowered and heightened with water and in a few hours we will have moved from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. I just hope it doesn’t rain. As excited as I am to do this for the first time, I’m not because I’ll be engaged in the Shellback ceremony shortly after. HOOYAH!

SA Jordan Glenn Pugh