Welcome to the first annual VP-1 Screaming Eagles fashion show! We have lots of new and exciting outfits to strut the hanger deck in style so just sit back and enjoy! Here our CMC shows off a new line of military casual wear. Note the swimmies and snorkel to accessorize this stunning ensemble.

Terra shows off the latest in semi-formal beach/rain wear. Note the sleek lines and color coordination. You go sister with your bling-bling! This will certainly turn some heads and attract the kind of attention you deserve!

Alright...you caught me horsing around. What do all of these individuals have in common? They all won a popularity contest! That's right. You know the kind where you put your favorite person on a list to take part in a plane wash and then back it up with some green. Well these people really know how to bring in the green!
And here is our group of celebrities. You may be asking yourself why I'm not standing there...well, people like me! Actually I won the contest last deployment. Yep, nothing more fun than washing a plane...except maybe slamming your finger in the door!

P.S. If you haven't figured it out yet...I'm back in Japan...

This place is a local favorite. Great food and atmosphere, let me introduce you to our chef.

Chef Rico starts out with some potatoes and onions, yum.

So I'll bet your wondering how I knew my chef's name. Well, my investigative skills are highly refined. And the egg was a good clue too.


If your chef arranges your fried rice into a heart shape it can only mean one of two things, either he wants your phone number or a good tip!

It's hard to believe that explosion on the grill is my steak...and it was gooooooooood!

After a while chef Rico taught me some of the tricks of the trade. Let me just say based on the final destination of that bowl of rice, I think I'll stick with airplanes!


...and this is my sensor 3 radar operator...yeah... We are so proud of him!

So today my crew decided to blow off some steam at the go-cart track and we had a blast! There are some differences between American cart tracks and the third world tracks. You'll get a better sense of this as you look further into this post.

I got the mean, green machine! It was pretty fast and handled in the corners pretty well. It is an unwritten rule that the foot never comes off of the gas pedal in the world of go-carts...unless you're a pansy, then its okay.

Look closely, yes that is a goat in the middle of the track. How to tell you're in the third world lesson one; goats are everywhere!

Lesson two; the goats family is forever enshrined in the furniture. Dude, this bench really bites!

Lesson three; Although one may be so inclined to blame the condition of this cart on my navigator's driving skills (notice the steering wheel bent forward and the front tires slightly out of alignment; oh yeah, and the giant dent in the front bumper), we can look to lesson four for more wisdom on this subject.


Lesson four; never trust the maintenance practices of an organization that can't be sued! This rod is responsible for connecting the steering wheel to the front tires. In the picture it simply came unbolted, not broken...UNBOLTED!!!, which put my navigator in a ditch on the other side of the tire fence with the cart on top of him at about 35 mph...OUCH! He's pretty shakin up, but I think he'll live. Funny, when track owner saw what the problem was he let us go without paying for damages to his cart! Image that, what a guy.

Here is a little something I put together for all of you who have faithfully visited my blog. I hope you enjoy!

Even on this side of the world we can still get a live feed of the Superbowl! We had a little party at work with TONS of food. Funny thing is there are a lot of guys with the stomach flu so there was a lot of food left over. Unfortunately, I was only able to catch the last part of the fourth quarter which was the defining moment in the game anyway! Go Giants! What do you think life in Vegas is like right now?