Off to Japan

[MIKE GONZALES]

Well the goodbye's aren't getting any easier, This one I think was the hardest your right Lee" there's a big difference from sending your Son to Chicago and then Japan.Micheal left for Sasebo Japan Yesterday to join his fellow Sailors on the USS ESSEX he left at 10:00am Yesterday from San Diego and arrived in Sasebo at 10:00am this morning which is actually 2:00am tomorrow Japan time that's when i got the very short phone call "I'm ok Dad I'm tired and I'll call back as soon as i get settled Love you bye"I was proud of my wife she held it together (some what) pretty good.The confidence she saw in Michael throughout his stay helped her a lot.He's definitely a young Man now" And I'm one proud Navy Dad!!Oh and one more thing having Michael home on Sunday was the best Fathers day i ever had.

[Peter Quast]

Thanks for the replies.  Why are they desirable?

[NavyDads Admin (Paul)]

Japan and Rota are probably the most desirable non-US posts......

[Peter Quast]

Opps meant to say is the deployment to Japan really desirable?

[Peter Quast]

I have a question about Japan.   My daughter who is currently in nuke school says she wants to pick Japan as her first choice because according to her "everyone" says that's the place to get stationed.  Can someone verify this statement?  Besides seeing another part of the world, is the deployment to really Japan desirable?