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Hello all
I am John Sizemore. When I was eight years old my father was killed
along with my first cousin in a training jump in the Army National
Guard.
When I was 17 I joined my fathers unit and went to jump school myself.
When I was 18 I wanted to go active Army but there was a 3 month
wait so I joined the active Navy instead.
After my second basic training in under a year I was assigned to a
ship stationed in the Western Pacific.
In three years I traveled to the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Thailand,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Kenya, Pakistan, Oman, United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain, Guam, and Diego Garcia.
When I completed my first tour of duty and I received orders to West
Virginia near my home for recruiting duty. Can we say suck factor
high, 3 years of no travel.
After that I was stationed at a Spec warfare unit. No guys I was not a
snake eater just support. In the five years I was there I was
deployed to Puerto Rico, Italy, the Azores and Honduras. I spent
three months on a patrol coastal in West Africa where I visited the
Canary Islands, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo and Guinea Bissau, Italy and
mainland Spain.
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Then I went to shore duty and only got
to travel to Alaska for one trip. After I completed my three year
shore duty I went on board my final ship for a period of four years.
On that Ship I went to Greece, Spain, France, Malta, Gibraltar,
Tunisia, Bermuda, ST Thomas, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Croatia and Puerto
Rico.
On May 31, 2005 I was transferred to the fleet reserve.
I went to work as a contractor in Afghanistan until the end of June
2006 and on 2 July I arrived in the DR. Now the real adventure has
begun.
I came to the Dominican Republic four years ago and have been coming
back since. I made a decision that I wanted to retire in the DR that
first trip. But I decided it was wise to come back a few more times to
make sure. I have not changed my mind. While researching my options I
have had troubled finding the information I needed available in one
location. As a military retiree I have more options than most people
that retire here. One is I am under forty and not ready for a really
relaxed life. Golf courses and fine dinning is not my cup of tea.
I am into biking, mountaineering and a few other extreme sports and I
think I will begin more once I am there.
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I am not expert but as you see I have
found contacts that have lived in the DR for many years that in my
opinion are experts in each of their own ways. I intend to do a news
letter at least once a month maybe more often as time permits. I will
be telling you what I have experienced good and bad throughout the
relocation process. I will take you step by step what all I will be
doing for residency, apartment hunting, and yes my mountain biking
trips to places with great eyeball liberty.
For those of you not from the Navy that means looking at pretty girls.
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I chose the DR for several reasons. One
it is close to the US so it is not a problem there. Two the weather,
three when I was there the first time promotions were not happening
and after talking to expat's I realized that I could live well on a
E-5 pension.
I retired as an E-6 so I will do really well.
I also found out that the interest rate for 30 month CDs in the local
currency is running upwards of 20%.
So your money doubles every four years. These are not bad options. If
you look at t he bottom of the page I have a link to the central
bank for the current interest rates for certificates of deposit. If you have
any questions please feel free to write to me. I will not lie to you
if I do not know the answer but I bet I can find a source of
information that can give us both the correct answer.
Also if you write to me please be patient. I want to take the time to
get accurate information. I would prefer to tell you give me a few
days to get the right information rather than just give you an
answer now.
John Sizemore
Banco Central de la República Dominicana
Contact John
USA 713-623-1329
Inside the DR
809-984-9890
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