Japan is awesome! My husband was there for three years and I joined him mid-way through. Takes about six months to get used to things. The driving the traffic, the congestion, but it is a wonderful place. We were there three years ago. The money is fantastic now. Cola has I believe doubled since we were there. We were in Yokosuka which I believe in probably better than Atsugi but we lived in Negishi. It was i Yokohama. Base housing. We also lived off-base for a year and we loved it. We had the best neighbors you could ask for. They loved us. They would bring us gifts. The women would come and talk to me every chance they saw me outside. They like to practice their English with a real American. I made friends pretty quick and found a job even quicker. I worked at the bank on base. I think that it is a great experience and we are hoping to get orders back there after my husband finishes OCS. I recommend it for all and that is a wifes point of view. For stats, we have three sets of friends that we met in Japan. They all left Japan and came back stateside. All of them are either already back there on new orders or have orders to back. So there must be something good there.