Okinawa, JapanYup, that's right. My husband, our daughter and myself will be making our way to this beautiful island to spend the next three years of our lives there.
Why? You ask.
One word. ARMY. My husband is a soldier in the United States Army. When we got married, our initial plan was for him to finish out his current contract and become civilians again. BUT, gotta love this economy. That factor alone was enough for us to decide that we should reconsider staying in (atleast until the job market wasn't so horrible). During this process, my husband was deployed to Iraq and I couldn't bare the thought of having to go thru that again. So, we made an agreement. We would only resign if we got a non-deployable station (which is a base or a specific unit that doesn't deploy. period.).
A week or so later, I woke up to an email from my husband. He had gotten all the offers back and... the only non-deployable option was Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan. In his email, he begged me to consider it because it would guarantee that he would be able to support our family for the next 3+ years and most importantly, it would guarantee that he wouldn't have to deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan for atleast 3 years. At the closing of the email, he informed me that he would call me when he got off work so that we could talk about it.
I was in shock. I had so many emotions at one time. I was terrified. I knew that my husband had already made up his mind, and this is what he wanted. And I was going to support him 100%.
So there I sat, waiting all day for a phone call from him. I had so many questions, my mind was going crazy. The only thing I knew to do, was to try to get the questions answered myself. I turned to my trusty pal, Google. I ended up finding tons and tons of information on the island, and on what military life is like there. I also chatted with some military wives that were stationed there, and all of them told me that they wish they could go back.
All the information I gathered that day was very relieving. And since then, I have become more and more excited and anxious to get there! What an amazing journey this will be.
This blog will be dedicated to our three years there. We have so many family and friends that we are leaving behind, and I want this to be a way that everyone can share our experiences with us. I hope that everyone reading will enjoy this!
And don't forget, you can post comments on each entry and let me know what you think of it!
I'll write soon!
Brie
Why? You ask.
One word. ARMY. My husband is a soldier in the United States Army. When we got married, our initial plan was for him to finish out his current contract and become civilians again. BUT, gotta love this economy. That factor alone was enough for us to decide that we should reconsider staying in (atleast until the job market wasn't so horrible). During this process, my husband was deployed to Iraq and I couldn't bare the thought of having to go thru that again. So, we made an agreement. We would only resign if we got a non-deployable station (which is a base or a specific unit that doesn't deploy. period.).
A week or so later, I woke up to an email from my husband. He had gotten all the offers back and... the only non-deployable option was Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan. In his email, he begged me to consider it because it would guarantee that he would be able to support our family for the next 3+ years and most importantly, it would guarantee that he wouldn't have to deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan for atleast 3 years. At the closing of the email, he informed me that he would call me when he got off work so that we could talk about it.
I was in shock. I had so many emotions at one time. I was terrified. I knew that my husband had already made up his mind, and this is what he wanted. And I was going to support him 100%.
So there I sat, waiting all day for a phone call from him. I had so many questions, my mind was going crazy. The only thing I knew to do, was to try to get the questions answered myself. I turned to my trusty pal, Google. I ended up finding tons and tons of information on the island, and on what military life is like there. I also chatted with some military wives that were stationed there, and all of them told me that they wish they could go back.
All the information I gathered that day was very relieving. And since then, I have become more and more excited and anxious to get there! What an amazing journey this will be.
This blog will be dedicated to our three years there. We have so many family and friends that we are leaving behind, and I want this to be a way that everyone can share our experiences with us. I hope that everyone reading will enjoy this!
And don't forget, you can post comments on each entry and let me know what you think of it!
I'll write soon!
Brie
2 comments:
Hi Brie,
I admire your courage, you've got a great attitude while embarking on a great adventure! I will love following your journey.
Thanks so much for becoming a follower of my blog, I hope you stop back again soon.
Just wanted to tell you i love you and i cant wait to spend this experience with you. Its gonna be great for all of us. XOXOXOXXXXX
Hubby
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