BigMike, that is awesome. Yes the links worked, that's crazy how the rig behaves on such a small piece of wood. I would figured it would just shoot it out from under it. You have definitely planted the bug in my brain. I have started compiling a list of things I would like to do and now I'm putting them in order of preference. As soon as I win the lottery, I can start putting these into action lol. Yes I did pick up a lot of the culture and enough of the language to get around without too much difficulty. Being from hawaii we have a strong influence from japan anyway. A lot of guys get stationed out there and are so overwhelmed by everything they stay on base, but I'm one of those "shoot from the hip and figure it out once I'm there" kind of guys. I can't count how many times I got lost and had to use my tablet, and write where I needed to go in English and have it translated to katakana. Def a life saver lol. After I got out I took all of my money I had saved up and flew back for a month doing whatever I wanted and seeing all the sights I couldn't see due to deployments. Coolest thing I've ever done. Thanks again for all the help and knowledge your sending my way