My nephew is there, 2nd Lt. fresh out of military college, his first deployment.
May God Bless him and keep him safe. We were on Oki for three years and that felt too close for comfort.
As an aside the Japanese love fireworks and set them off about every other day, first time random fireworks started at 10pm we thought for sure it was NK.
We still have friends in that part of the world... hoping he is bluffing but praying for their safety.