Thursday, June 12, 2008

Annual Tour 2008 - Yokota AB, Japan

From 1-16 May I was at Yokota, AB Japan for annual tour. I worked law enforcement: running radar, writing tickets, responding to alarms, etc. I worked 12 hour shifts: 6am - 6:30pm.
There was two days off: one day was on a base-sponsored tour of some temples on the Kanto plain. The other day off I took the train to the emperor's palace.
I hope to up-load pictures soon.
Overall, it was a good trip. I learned a lot about my military job and met many people. I doubt that I will see an annual tour like this again. Actually, I do not know if I would want an annual tour like this again. It was a lot of hassel, and the government does not want to pay me my full per diem. (I was told that my paperwork was correct, but they do not want to pay me per diem for food. My unit's orderly room is working it out.)
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Inspiring Air Force Video

This video was shown to me during basic training (2004). I am lucky that I was able to find it on YouTube.

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Monday, September 24, 2007

Canadian-American Currency

I was in Niagara Fall, Ontario, Canada last weekend. It was a wonderful trip, but it was expensive. At that time the exchange was $1.05 CA for $1.00USA. When I went to Cold Lake, Alberta in June 2007 the exchange rate was even better than that. As I type this post the exchange rate is almost dead even. The good thing about Canada is that their money is still backed by gold. That is not true in the US. Soon it will be $1.05 US to $1 CA. This does not encourage me to go back to Canada. There needs to be an economic change in the US. I am not an economist so I do not know what needs to be done. If I need a Canadian fix, I can get Tim Horton's coffee in the US, view the falls on the US side, and rent Strange Brew.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Blog update

I lost track of this blog. I used it to post something from Front Sight back in July. I lost my information about this blog, until today. Now I am going to try to use this blog for other things. I hope to write in it more often.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Front Sight Firearms Training Institute

While flipping channels on the T.V. a couple of months ago I discovered a show on Versus network called the Front Sight Challenge. People were competing with a variety of firearms, in timed events and one-on-one events. I found it very fascinating.

Anyway, Front Sight is not just a competitive game show, it is also a training institute in Las Vegas. I have been receiving emails about training at Front Sight. I am so impressed. I find it more appealing than Thunder Ranch in Oregon and TDI in Ohio.

Anyway, I would like to share information about Front Sight.



I hope you visit these sites and learn about this wonderful training institute.
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