| ChezDaJez 
 
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 This is me during my 1997 Deployment to Misawa, Japan with VP-46.
 
 
 
 Chez
 
 
 
   
 
 I would have been MORE impressed if that was a WitP map behind you.  Close enough though!
 
 
 Boy I used to dress like that back in the Regan years.  Except I had dolphins on.  So how was Japan in 97?
 
 
 
 I liked Japan... after I got used to driving on the wrong side of the road! Northern Japan is very scenic and it was fun to drive through the countryside. Farming over there is definitely a bit different than what you see here!
 
 We did a lot of cross-decking with the Japanese P-3 squadrons in Hachinoe. We had some great times and more than once I felt the effects of saki.
 
 The bad part was that we flew on more allied subs than we did Russian. Chasing a Japanese diesel in the Sea of Japan is a tad more difficult than playing with Oscars and Akulas in mid-Pacific!
 
 All in all, not a bad place to deploy... certainly better than Keflavik, Iceland or Diego Garcia!
 
 Chez
 
 
 
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  Ret Navy AWCS (1972-1998) VP-5, Jacksonville, Fl 1973-78
 ASW Ops Center, Rota, Spain 1978-81
 VP-40, Mt View, Ca 1981-87
 Patrol Wing 10, Mt View, CA 1987-90
 ASW Ops Center, Adak, Ak 1990-92
 NRD Seattle 1992-96
 VP-46, Whidbey Isl, Wa 1996-98
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