1.
Perth/Freemantle (friendly Aussies, great pubs, beautiful weather, and tons of eye candy... enough said)
1a.
Puerto Rico (qualified to wear the Silver Dolphins, and after running the gauntlet and getting them tacked on, crew took me out to drink the Dolphins! Funniest part was seeing the XO carried back on board the ship and the JOs mummifying him in toilet paper)
2.
Sydney (you need a rep to go to Sydney Maritime Headquarters for two weeks? Sign me up! VP Navy isn't too shabby)
2b.
Rio (Ah UNITAS planning conference... I found out what a capiroska was... and managed not to get mugged... good times!)
3.
Curacao (two months underway on the sub, pulled in for 72 hours, I don't recall much through the alcohol induced memories... ran into my first VQ crew there and found out that they deployed there! Formative moment on what I wanted to do with my career in the Navy
)
4.
Mauritius (show the flag flight, weeklong park the plane, do some tours, and hang out at a restort for drinking, diving and sailing, VP life is awesome!)
5.
Souda (I speak a little greek so we took advantage of a broken plane and spent a glorious week eating, drinking and seeing the sites!)
6.
Rota (travelling around Spain sampling riojas, visiting Gibraltar)
7.
Tokyo (multiple overnighters in roppongi... I still remember the train stop, hiro station! Made the mistake of buying a round there, 12 shots cost me like $200, ouch!) Good times!
Oh, not a "port call", but three tours in
Hawaii wasn't too bad at all either
