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Stationed in Japan
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Permalink Reply by schlotterbacksl(ship 11 div 122) on
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Dude! My fiance is stationed there too. He is an E4 though and I am stuck here til we get married so I can relate lol. It will take some getting used to for sure
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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I spent 12 years in Yokosuka, both as an active duty sailor, and as a dependent wife. So I can relate to him, LOL.
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Permalink Reply by jessica_loves_zach011808 on
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how come y'all aren't married yet then?! we just got engaged and i wish i cod be there so badly! :( where do you live at? it's definitly hard, he's been there since january & he came home for my high school graduation for a week, but had to leave again. :/ but i might get to go see him at christmas in japan(:
how is yokosuka, i hear its pretty nice but i'm still so worried with all those typhoons and stuff. :/
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Don't worry about the typhoons. Most of the time they turn or weaken; anyway, the sailors on ships go to sea and outrun them. The sailors on base are in super-safe buildings. During a typhoon, you won't hear from them, a storm means liberty is secured and we got to work!
Unfortunately, even if J&Z had married, she couldn't go live there, they have pt be an E-4 or above to bring dependents. Just no housing, and too expensive, for junior sailors. It is a hard, sad fact of married life and orders to Japan.
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Permalink Reply by SailorsPrincess on
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He girl! I am from north Texas as well! My boyfriend is in the Great Lakes for dive prep school. So I can kind of relate :)
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Permalink Reply by ellamae on
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My fiance has been stationed in japan for the past year and a half he has been home once for 9 days i can totally relate! do you skype?? skype is the best thing ever!
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a year and a half and he's only been home 9 days? omg.. i would die. he just came home for my high school graduation for 12 days and i'm supposed to get to go over there to see him hopefully this christmas! yeah, i skype but he's an gsm so he's in the dungeons all the time and its so hard to skype with him because of the crazy time difference! where's diego garcia? yayy for texas girls!!!(:
and yeah, i know he has to be an e4, we're waiting for him to get closer to an e4 before we get married.
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Diego Garcia, middle of the Indian Ocean, right below the equator. 3,000 from land, India being the closest.
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oh my goodness. that's ridiculous.... i would sad about that too! wow. i can't even imagine.
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TRUST ME, ITS HARD. bu just keep your head up and fight your hardest and it'll all work out! have faith. it'll all be okay. and everytime you do get to see him.. it'll be the best time of your lifeeeeee (: promise, it's almost worth all the trouble and heartache that moment you see him again after so long. <3
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well generally they're stationed there for 3 to 4 years a a time, but he has a few leave periods a year. don't give up hope. if you love him, you"ll keep holding on and having faith. if things honestly aren't working out, then you made need to let go. but dont give up just because he's not around. it's worth the wait. trust me. we were together 3 1/2 years an he propsed to me 4 days before i graduated high school before going back to where he is stationed in japan. i've come lose o giving up several times and lost hope and faith many times, but now i realize that all the struggle has been more than worth the heartache. and when he gets stationed stateside, and can be married life will be so much easier and we'll realize all the pain was way more than worth it. a fews years in nothing compared to a lifetime you could have together. think of it that way. thats what his mom alwys tells me.
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No one spends 3~4 years in DG. A year was the normal tour when I was in, because it is isolated duty. Now I hear of two year tours there on a regular basis.
The first two years of my marriage, I only saw my husband for a total of 28 days. We'd been apart for months before we got married. You just stay positive, stay busy, and take it a day at a time when you're down.
In fact, I was still in DG when he called and proposed over the phone!
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