Savannah, TN

Savannah is a small town 2.5 hours west of Nashville. There was almost no sign of civilization driving toward the town. However when I arrived, I was pleasantly surprised by a Wal-Mart, Walgreen's and a Chinese restaurant. There are a couple things that make me feel okay about a place, first that there are Japanese cars around and second there is a Chinese restaurant. Why? Well it mean's I'm not alone... Since Savannah appears to have both, it might not be to bad of a place.

I got the pleasure of meeting a few people that are in the training class a head of mine. One is from Seattle, worked on commercial programs and was part of the ANG prior to joining the program. Another is an ISR employee from Hawaii who's of Filipino decent. My roommate, an older gentleman, is from Southern California. He was an FSR on commercial programs and has traveled far and wide for that job. All of them seem like really cool people, which is great because the people make the experience.

At first glance the apartments don't seem terrible. They're sparsely furnished but have everything someone might need to live. Ours is a 2 bedroom, single bath.


Each room has a full sized bed and some 80s looking bedroom furniture. The TV is about the size of my computer monitor but I don't really like watching TV anyway. There's a gym down the street that I think I might get a membership at. It'll give me something to do when I'm not at training.

On the downside, I learned that there is apparently nothing to do in town, so they've been driving to other more populated areas to find something to do. That works out in my favor since my brother lives in Nashville and it's only 2 hours away! That means more time to spend with him, his wife, and my nephew!