Ryukyu Horiyoshi Tattoo Studio, Okinawa-City

Like the saying goes .....there is a 1st time for everyhting!

Ryukyu Horiyoshi Tattoo Studio, Okinawa-City

Straggled Thailand Pics.

Tummys full after a kick ass buffet, not a bad place to be on ya bday , congrats Cat.

















Never walk into a Thai monks temple with your shoes on.












Flava Flav gives the thumbs up, " We got beer"

Xmas over the China Sea.

Although I would have rather had a nice family dinner, it was a nice day out there during our 10hr flight, these are the type of things that makes us apreciate what we have and who we are.

Misawa, North Japan

Up here for a couple of days while an aircraft gets ready to get flown back south.

Chocks are removed and we are ready for engine starts, Okinawa Japan.

Typical deployment pastime.

I suck at video games.Never was too big into the video game craze, but Dave got me hooked on Halo, yeah, beer and Halo.

Dad to be...

Dave will be a dad once we get back from deployment, he's showing me a pic of the sonogram on his lap top.

WE were all ready to head back to Japan.

With the exception of pedro and Flave who insisted on me finding a discrepancy on the plane that would force us to stay "just another night".

Outta here.

One last view form the balcony, 4 days feels like 4 weeks, not so bright eyed and bushylailed we got up the next morning and began out trip home.

CREW 5 RAISIN' SOME DUST......

The last nite is always the best....

For some this is the joy of Thailand!

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Thai monk temples

หลวงพี่ or "LUANG PHI" is classified for a young monk.
หลวงพ่อ or "LUANG PHO / LUANG PHOR" is classified for a middle aged monk.
หลวงปู่ or "LUANG PU / LUANG POO" is classified for a old renowned monk.
หลวงตา or "LUANG TA" ( classified for becoming a monk at older age ) is less respectful that "LUANG PHO / LUANG PHOR".
หลวงเถระ or "LUANG THERA" is classified for a man being a monk for 10 years.

Life...

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

It wasnt long before we all hit up the pool for some Mai Thais and Singhas.

Pattaya beach Marriot.

On the strip of Pattaya beach, the Garden Hotel is excellent at catering to us when we come into town!

We get launched on on the ready alert 1....To Thailand...

Our PPP ( Patrol Plane Pilot) reads navigation charts on our 7 hr flight to U-thapao.

Our First Mission.......

After a long ass day of radio calls and altitude changes, we can finally enjoy the view over the SE China sea as we make our way back to base.

Intruducing..COMBAT AIR CREW FIVE

AWAN "Bama" Stroud, AW2 Lefavor " Flava flave", AD1 Stan "the man", AW2 "Cat" Clark, AT2 Pedraza "Pedro". AD2 "Fatty" Rodriguez, and AW3 "big easy" Everly....

Darby, Mikey, Jake N me.

2:00 am and finally the tree is done, with some puppy help and lots a Brandy eggnog n Baileys N Vodka...cheers boys!! gonna miss ya asses!!!