Okinawa's definitely better than the sandbox for sure..

Okinawa's actually pretty koo, it's a small island, but it aint too bad. They gettin rid of all the Marines tho cuz of the crazy amounts of stupid stuff they do over there. I'm over here in Korea, and gotta say these 1 year tours aren't too much fun. I'm half Korean, so not so bad, but after being here for 4 months, I'm ready for America again already. Defnitely rather be here than the sandbox tho, prolly goin next year.

good wishes to your bro tho. watchout for them Japanese police, they're brutal.