O'Kane Picnic on the Beach

A few of the fellows and I, grubbing. Nothing beats hamburgers and hot dogs on the beach... plus we got the day off.
A shot of the beach, and yes, it really is this beautiful.

Hawaii Auto Show 2006

I can dream. It just felt so right...

Sonar

We are always looking for something to do in sonar so we took these dumb shots. This is our underwater communication set.
A blurry shot of me, 'Kid Fatho,' making sure our fathometer is working.

Google Earth spots

If you don't have Google Earth I highly advise that you download it, its amazing. You can view locations all around the globe from satellite. You can download the program for free from this link: http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html. If you have it you can look up these spots on by copying the latitude and longitude given and paste it into the SEARCH box in Google Earth.

1. The pier the O'Kane is currently moored to. You can't see it right now because the satellite shot was taken last year. (21 21 09.5 N, 157 56 50.8 W)

2. The barracks that I live in. (21 21 02.6 N, 157 56 17.8 W)

3. The sonar school on Ford Island. We take courses here occasionally.
(21 21 26.5 N, 157 57 44.2 W)

4. Aloha Stadium, home of the Pro Bowl. (21 22 22.02 N, 157 55 47.79 W)

5. The Ship Graveyard. All ships no longer commissioned or used by the Navy are sitting here. They have been stripped down of all usable and classified equipment.
(21 22 50.2 N, 157 59 12.6 W)

Dinner in Italy

All us sonar techs decided to go out and grub at this Italian joint to celebrate the fact that we weren't underway. I didn't realize how much this looks like a double date until now. Unfortunately, its not... just kidding.
Todd (and his wife and son) and Chris, a couple of fellow sonar techs.
Tiffany and Natalie, also sonar techs, with their friends Katia (not sure how to spell it).
Bobby and Valenzuela ('Val') with their wives.