We met when we both first moved to Whidbey Island to start our flying careers in the Growler! We were in the same training class for our first year before moving on to our deploying squadrons. James is a pilot and and I'm an Electronic Warfare Officer, and yes we have gotten to fly together (we have lots of selfies to prove it!) After training ended, James became a Scorp and I became a Cougar. We spent the next three years on opposite deployment schedules with many days apart. I was on my ten month deployment when I knew James liked me for real! We mastered emails, Facebook messenger, and Facetime and became pretty serious. From then on, we both knew we wanted to be Life Buddies. After our three years apart, we both became Instructors in the same squadron where we first met as students. Now we get to work together everyday!