Well, last week I reenlisted (all you Army guys don't laugh yet...) for another 4 years for Hawaii. Also got myself a nice little bonus ($17.5k)... if you Army guys wanna laugh now go ahead. So I'll be headed out of the area in August. That still leaves me a couple of months to whoop up on as many of you as I can. It sucks though, they have cat **** for gas out there... I'ma have to get a tune on *gasp* 91 octane. Hopefully they don't close Hawaii Raceway Park (rumors I've heard) before I get there... it's only like a 20 minute drive from where I'll be living. Well, just letting everyone know.

Hopefully by the time December rolls around I'll have a nice list of mods on the Evo so I can enter it in HIN in Honolulu.

*EDIT* Guess it wasn't a rumor... the raceway is closed. Teh suck. I was a little slow on keeping up with this.

 

Good luck, and thank you for your dedication to our services. My Uncle was stationed in Hawaii commander of Tropic Lighting. Unfortunately he is no longer in the army but I know he really enjoyed all of the men and station out there. Again thank you for your dedication and bravery.

 

Schofield or Ft. Shafter I was at Ft. Derussy when I was in I loved that place.... I should of stayed there....

 

Hawaii huh? Well, enjoy your time there. It's sure gotta be a hell of alot better than the rat race known as Metro DC. .

As Brett said, thanks for your service (from one Army guy to another).

 

I now hate you.

1rst you sell your Z.

Now you go and get an assignment in paradise.



G'luck and thanks for keeping me free.

And it was cool to see you and your wife again at HIN

 

Thanks everyone. I'll be at Schofield Barracks. Looks like there's some fun roads out there to drive... can't wait.

 

Damn they paid you 17K. That's real nice and I'm sure over there probably everything is paid for. Very nice nice!

 

Damn man 4 years in Hawaii make the most of it

 

I prolly won't spend the whole 4 years there... I'll be reenlisting again in late '08/early '09 for another fat bonus and hopefully this time I'll be able to get Japan... I got dicked out of it this time.

 

I drove past Schofield Barracks enroute to the north shore for golf last year.

Oahu is nice, but I REALLY enjoyed Maui.

 

My wife had a patient the other day that has a house over there. They came back early because of sewage being dumped out in the ocean. It happened due to all the flooding that was going on...One guy had died from a flesh eating virus he caught from that crap(no pun intended). They said the smell was horrible Hope all is cleaned up before you get there. Thanks for serving, I did 8yrs Air Force myself. Hawaii has always been my dream place to go, huge "BIG WAVE" fan. Anyway have a blast.

 

I was at Hickam AFB in Hawaii and Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Japan.

 

I once spent two weeks at Kaneohe Bay, the people in Waikiki are simply awesome. They love military folks. I was standing in an elevator when an older gentleman got on. He looked at me and asked "Are you in the military?" and I responded "Yes, Sir." He shook my hand and said, "Thank You." I was honored.

Tony, its been nice knowing you man. Keep in touch if you can. You should love it over there.

 

I grew up in Hawaii and moved here in 2000. Hawaii is definitely a much more relaxed atmosphere. I left Paradise for school here in NoVA and eventually found a job in my field and never looked back. I go back for vacations but don't intend to move back until I'm ready to retire.

Few things, traffic sucks and much worse than Metro traffic. Food is awesome, expect to gain some weight. I would say women are fine but I think you're married, right? so that's a no go for you, too bad Parking lots suck as the spaces are sooo much smaller than they are here

Roads to drive:
Tantalus/Round Top Drive: ~hundred turns in less than 4 miles.
H3 Freeway: nice scenic highway with tall valley back drops

Hangout:
Ala Moana Beach, all the locals hangout and showcase their cars their on Sat/Sundays. Careful though, fights do occur with alcohol on site although illegal to have open containers.

Have fun and make sure you wave to people who let you merge in traffic

 

Sup buddy, sorry to say but the racepark is closed already. Nobody is sure yet if they are gonna build a new one...but the plans for it are amazingly good looking. Well gl being stationed at schofield. Watch out for cops though if ur speeding on those roads =).

 

i wish i would have gotten orders out there instead of this dump. Enjoy your time out there and dont forget to write!! lol

G

 

Damn man, you're acting like I'm already gone!!!(it's not time to say peace yet!)
Lucky!

Thanks again everyone.

Hey nizm350, I saw the plan that they had for the WCF, too bad it's not happening now. I'm still reading up on that situation though... hopefully they figure something out. Any laws against radar detectors?

ZRaven, thanks for the info. Can't wait to hit up those drives. I heard from some people that have gone over there that it seems like half the island modifies their cars.

 

Hawaii. Hmmm... could think of plenty worse places to be. haha!
make the most of it man. i know its beautiful out there.

and like everyone else said. thanks again for your support of our
country. can't give you enough kudos for that. it's men like you
that will secure the future of my three little kids. much love bro.

 

My wife was in Schofield, and I'm always reminded that she was stationed there. well it least it's good to know that i'll have another place to crash when I go next year

 

Um im not sure about laws on the radars but i know choke peeps get um but wen they pull u over and they see it they give u wise *** remarks like wat is that huh... U know wat thats for? lol just tell um its an electronic air freshener or purifier