Tag: Okinawa

TAMP Classes

The administrative process to separate from the Marine Corps is tougher then its entering counter-part. While all you do is a few initials and signatures to enter, leaving proves prolonged with classes and mountains of paper work. Everything is a packet in the government from getting married to owning your own car. I wonder how [...]

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Podcast: 02 - Re-Enlist & Baby

 
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Yea, I’m re-enlisting into the Marine Corps and we are having a baby. Believe it.

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Eisa Videos

Here are a few videos I found of Eisa dances. If you don’t know about Eisa, its the Okinawan folk music dances. Enjoy! First one, second one, third, and fourth one.

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Book Order

flickr: USS Essex
With the ship in the rear view mirror and my career as a Marine coming to a close I have a feeling I’ll have a lot of free time once I get out. Worried that I might have a problem with being a sloth sitting on a couch watching Japanese TV for countless [...]

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Morning Narcosis

Awaking today, I was quickly welcomed with the stomach acid after taste one acquires from the alcohol consumption of the night before. I got up from my rack quickly and the price was a head swimming in the clouds. After a minute, I gathered all my senses back and was able to get out of [...]

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1995 Marine Convicted Of Murder Released

Always wonder why Marines are so restricted on Okinawa? This is why. A Marine convicted of murder back in 1995 was released from Japanese prison recently. He’ll fly to the US and be seperated out of the service. What makes this so strange is that he only served 11 years for a brutal attack on [...]

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Her Soba

Okinawan Soba

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Tokashiki Vacation

This weekend was pretty wild. I ended coming home looking like a lobster with all the sunburn I manage to sum up from the beaches we were at. Not to mention the kill work out my quads got and how my feet got torn up. I pretty much had a hell of a weekend considering [...]

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Google Maps: Okinawa

Google Maps has re-mapped Japan and Okinawa. Now you can see closer to Okinawa, although you can’t get all the way down, you can still make out the streets and buildings. Just one more re-map and they’ll be done. The clouds cause a problem sometimes in certian parts but I can spot Hiromi’s, and places [...]

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