Pictures Finally

Ok so it's been awhile and I'm back from Japan now. It was alright, but had to work long hours. After 2 weeks I was ready to come back to Korea. I wouldn't mind be stationed there, but for now Idaho will have to do. Enjoy the pictures.


This is a picture of a coral island with jungle on top.

This is the A.F. marina at Kadena A.B.

This is just a picture of the dense jungle that can be found on base right in housing's backyard.

This is a plaque to describe the next picture

This is the tomb from the plaque

This is a picture of a flower with a snail and a fly

This is a picture of fish in the water. Looks like an aquarium.

Another fish picture. Wish I had time to snorkel and dive here.

This is a picture of a dorm with jungle across the street.

This is a picture of a flower I thought was cool

This is a picture of the highway. Next to the stoplight is a young girl selling ice cream. It was raining this day so not a lot of buisness

This is a used car lot with cars parked along tombs

This is another picture of the island from the first picture in this blog

This is me golfing. I golfed a 46 over par.

Here is a bat on base. This was a huge bat. Watch your small children and and small pets. These bats might eat them whole.

Greetings to all from Japan

I am sorry for not posting in a long time. Work has been hectic and with the rainy season on us, haven't done anything worth posting about. I did get notice about a month ago though I was going to Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan. We are way down here in the tropics. I will be here for a few weeks and then will return back to my temporary home at Kunsan AB, Korea (ROK). Today I was bored and went for a little stroll. Not sure how long of a stroll it was, but I think 4 miles there and 4 miles back. Decided to head to the beach and check out the AF marina. I took some pics along the way to share with everyone to show you how green it is here. It is different here in a very nice way. Enjoy some of these pics. I am however though, not in any of these pics. No one with me to take a pic. Well bad news, the internet sucks here so much that I can't even post pics. Hopefully I can make it somewhere where there is decent internet so I can get the pics posted. Sorry everyone.

Weapons Jersey

So here in Korea, it is common for all work areas to have some sort of Jersey to represent who they are. Kind of like gang colors to represent a gang, we have Jersey to recognize who our guys are. This evening I went out with one of the guys I supervise (my 3 man) to go get our Jerseys and to get some down right good food. We went to a bulgogi house again, but this time a different one than the other day. The food we got was the chicken bulgogi which I think is so much better than beef. I also decided to order some Yaki mandu. Unlike places back home, this lady brought us more yaki mandu when we ran out just because she was nice. They always give us more rice and today she brought out something with cucumbers just for us to try. It was different, but not bad at all. When we were leaving, the lady was nice too. She said, "here water, very hot, drink water." The ladies who run these food places do it all. She cooks, cleans, dishes, waits, everything. It's not like places back home though. Here there are like 3 or 4 tables in these restaurants. Very nice in deed. Perhaps I'll take a picture of one of these places next time.

So we picked up our Jerseys. We design them and the guy will make ANY patch for us. He does custom work and it is very cheap. All I do is print off a design and we will make it for us. We design the Jersey ourselves to represent who we are. Here are some pics of mine.

A Bit of What I Do

So if you were wondering what it is that I really do, I load bombs and missiles on the F-16s. I have a few pictures here I thought I would post. I run a crew of 3 guys (me being one of them). I am the 1 man which means I am the boss and out rank the other 2 individuals. I have a 2 man (woman) who I will start with again next week. Her job is to run the tools and prepare the jet for the bombs or missiles which ever we are installing. I also have a 3 man who checks over the bombs and gets to drive the little bomb lift which we call a jammer. This week I have been in initial certification in which I have a different 2 man for this week. Here are a few pictures.


These are a few pictures of us getting ready to take down some GBU-12s








This is just one of me walking next to some of our smart bombs (JDAM GBU-38s)

A Trip to A-Town

So right off base about 5 miles is a place called A-Town or America Town. This place has no other purpose except to give us American's a place to hang out not too far from base. I went to go get my squadron jersey. I'll have pictures of that next week when I go pick it up. One thing nice is that any patches I want, the guy will make for me for next to nothing. It's a pretty cool deal. Decided to walk around for a bit too while I was there. Found a store there where you can buy a king size blankets for $30 and they are nice. Really nice and soft and comfy. I know because I have one, but mine cost $35 on base. So walked a little more down the streets. The streets are full of bars and restaurants. Anytime you walk by one of the bars some girls in way too short of skirts comes out and tries to get you to come into their establishment. These girls are called Juicies. They are almost like a prostitute, except there is no sex. They are there just to talk to you, but you have to pay them for their company. Needless to say everyone time I walked by one and she would try to get me and the guy I was with to come in, I was like NOPE. They look so upset. I decided to stop at a place called Popeye's for dinner. Not a Popeye's like chicken, but like Korean food. I ordered the beef bulgogi. It was pretty good. Kristi would be in heaven with this food here. They do know what spicy food is. I didn't realize she was asking me how much spice I wanted to mine, so I got mine a little hotter than I would have liked. Oh well it still tastes good.



Alright, well I will post some more another time when I go out again. Just been working and doing homework here lately. Everyone take care.

A Tour of the Base

So I figured I would guide everyone around the base a little bit with pictures of the outsides of some of the buildings. This will give me another day to blog about the insides of the buildings (after I have taken pictures of the inside). I figured it would be first fitting to show everyone the dorms, so here is a picture of them. This dorm is 8 stories tall and there are two of them on base.


Now if you thought that is where I lived, you thought like I did when I first got here. Boy was I wrong. This is my dorm from the outside.


It is not too bad. At least it gives me a place to sleep. Speaking of a place to sleep. Here are a few pictures now of just my room. I am lucky as to the fact that I have a full size bed unlike most folks who have only twins. I have a box spring, most have a spring flat that their mattress sit on. I also have a couch, fridge, microwave, small entertainment center, desk, night stand, 2 wall closets, and a sink. I share a bathroom currently with 2 other guys (who are sharing a room).




One thing nice about the dorm also is from the balcony down the hall this is the view looking both directions. As you can see, it is a nice view. We are looking out over the yellow sea in which you can see one of the islands out there in the distance. The other picture are the hills just off base.



Down the stairs from the patio you come to our laundry room. Through the laundry room you come across a gold and purple door (the colors of the two different fly units out here, mine being gold). On the weekends the door is opened and you enter what is known as the hootch. It is essentially a bar just for those folks in my squadron, no one else. It gives everyone a safe place to drink, have fun, kick back, and have a good time. For those who drink it costs them a dollar for a beer. For those of us who don't drink, soda is free. That is a nice perk to being the designated nondrinker (since we don't drive out here). In this room we have a pool table (which I spend most of my time), 4 or 6 dart boards, a foos ball table, and of course a real bar with really good music playing all the time. This picture shows how crowded it can be in there.


So now quickly, these last pictures are first the dining hall where I get to eat for free. Food is ok, but usually dried out. It really reminds me of my cooking of meats. The price is good though.


This is the Commissary (Grocery Store). It is American, so it is no different than any other grocery store in America. You can also see 2 base taxi's. They will take you anywhere on base for $2.30 or 4000 Korean Won. Great for extremely cold, windy, or rainy days. They will also take us to the EMart (see last weeks post) for $15 USD or 23000 Korean Won or like I found out today taking a non base taxi will cost you 15000 Korean Won, but they cannot come on base. Think I will take the bus for now on. It only runs on the weekends and makes only 3 trips, but you can buy a round trip pass for 6 dollars.


This is the BX. The BX has a barber shop that I found tonight. Let me tell you about this. For like $8 USD I got a haircut and for a couple more dollars I got a shampoo. What they don't tell you the first time is that your shampoo comes with a scalp massage. Also your haircut comes with a quick back and neck massage. For $21 USD you can get what they call the full works. This comes with everything mentioned plus manicure, facial, and massage. Sounds like a great deal to me. I get a haircut every 2 weeks, might have to make every other hair cut the works.


Parked out front of the BX is a place where you can order new cars for when you get home to the US. Here is a 2010 Mustang GT 45 year anniversary. My price would be $26,050. Should I buy it Kristi?


Here is a picture of our Library. What can I say, it's a library like any other.


And one last picture. Here is a picture of the base theater. It is a lot cheaper than regular theaters. Movies are generally a couple of weeks late though.


Until next time. Everyone take care. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can start venturing further out.

Small Pox Update

So yeah, just an update on my small pox vaccine. This thing is not fun. This first picture was taken on the 12th of March which was on Thursday.



This next picture was taken just today. Hopefully this blister will scab up soon and go away. If you notice my whole upper arm has reacted to the vaccine. This is the major reason why I have not ventured too far lately. With this comes side effects which make you feel like garbage.