Hello from Japan
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Bob77064
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Welcome Wade
Circle W
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It's not to far from Morrison actually. If you head east down highway 412 from Stillwater, it's just off the Pawnee exit. I graduated from Pawnee and am about to graduate from OSU now.
Wagtail
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Mate, if you're serious, I can advise you on a 95% guaranteed way of living in Aus... and the Aus Gov would pay to move you + family down here. Simply put, once you retire from the USN you join/transfer to the RAN (Royal Australian Navy). Your USN pension won't be taxed (here) and you can have dual citzenship. Plus you can work towards your second pension to a maximum age of 60 (if you want).
It's somewhat what happened with me (from Canada) so I know what I'm on about. Feel free to drop me a PM for more info.
buickanddeere
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Australia has tougher gun laws than even Canada. No pumps, no semi's , restricted mag sizes and registered.
Kyle_in_Tex
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Welcome, you'll have a tough time finding a lower crime index than in Japan.
Funny that your wife doesn't want to move to OKie. There is a small collective (if you will) of Japanese in the Austin area. Even a Japanese Christian church.
The Aussie offer sounds inviting, but I'd not want to give up my right to shoot what ever I want (just about).
Funny that your wife doesn't want to move to OKie. There is a small collective (if you will) of Japanese in the Austin area. Even a Japanese Christian church.
The Aussie offer sounds inviting, but I'd not want to give up my right to shoot what ever I want (just about).
I am a big fan of guns, and I have my share in storage in the states, but I've been without since I came to japan, and society over here seems better off without. I'm not saying I support gun control, far from it, but it's gotten a little out of hand in the states. I looked into the expatriation in Australia thing, and it looks like I could retire from the US military, and join the Aussie Navy doing a similar job. I don't think my body can take another 20 years of deployments and ridiculous overtime, so I'll have to pass on that deal. All in all, I'm ready to reintegrate into the states, and thanks for the info about Austin and the Japanese population. My wife looks into the things regularly, and I think she mentioned something about Austin because of the Japanese population. Her eyes did light up when I mentioned Australia though, and I think they have a pretty decent Japanese population as well.
Kyle_in_Tex
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Japan doesn't have the diversity of people to have the cultural problems that come with it. I'm sure they have their bad peeps too, but in a more organized situation. Austin is very crowded and has some of the worst traffic here stateside. Could your expertise be used in the oil field per chance? If so, you could live within a 100 miles from Austin and be in the "oil patch", and be in a small community to raise your kiddos. Kind of why I decided to live here in Giddings. 45 miles east of Austin. We don't have the gang problems that bigger cities do. Not saying it's perfect, but pretty good. And we are diversified. My kids are 8,6, and 3. The middle child has some learning difficulties and one of the people in our school system is Japanese. I believe she commutes from Austin. She really impressed me, coming here to educate and work all on her on, with no family support and having to learn english.
Our church's youth pastor and his wife (from Wisconsin) lived in Japan for a few years and he taught English at a school over there. He is fascinated with all things Japanese. He speaks the language a bit and has gone to Austin on some Sundays to help at the church over there. They freaked out when he started talking Japanese to them.
Our church's youth pastor and his wife (from Wisconsin) lived in Japan for a few years and he taught English at a school over there. He is fascinated with all things Japanese. He speaks the language a bit and has gone to Austin on some Sundays to help at the church over there. They freaked out when he started talking Japanese to them.