Editing McDermott's Personal Log (section)

===Personal Log: Stardate 2407.03.29.===

The loss of Lieutenant [[Dartena Bixx]] continues to be felt and Tam Jackson has taken over as interim Operations Officer for the time being. I cannot imagine what the Captain is going through right now but I am doing my best to take some of the weight off of him.

I’ve been spending most of my time on the bridge, alternating with Lt. Commander Tagon and sometimes with Ensign Tom Jackson. I’ve been spending up to twelve hours a day in the Captains chair and I’ve been frankly surprised at how much work you can still get done even sitting in the hot seat of a starship.  

I was promoted today in a ceremony along with a number of my shipmates and am now a full [[Rank|lieutenant]]. Perhaps yesterday’s conversation with [[Rank|Commodore]] Selent was part of that process. Still that does not make sense to me either, as generally flag officers do not get involved in promotions until an officer is ready to be promoted to command rank. 

Along with the promotion came a decoration, the Combat Action Ribbon. I am pleased at this decoration as my father also held the award. Now at least we have something in common.

There were a number of other notable promotions today including Larry Drake, Tom Jackson, [[Ahmed Ibn Salid]] and even [[Leesa N. Stanton]] finally took her first step up. 

I tried to speak to Cecilia at the end of the ceremony but she slipped away before I could catch her.

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