I am a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer living as an expatriate in Okinawa Japan. I supplement my retirement as a freelance writer and photographer for Stripes Okinawa, a weekly supplement to the Stars and Stripes Newspaper. This is the ideal job as each week I travel around this island paradise and look for interesting sights to see and things to do for the many service men and women stationed here. As far as my photography goes, I would classify myself as a beginner amateur.