I was in my barracks room in Okinawa sleeping (14 hours ahead). We were awoken by the duty NCO and told to get our cammies on and war gear ready. I thought how strange, especially when there was a typhoon coming ashore. We watched the tv in the lounge as a group. We saw the second plane hit and knew this was no accident. The next few days were a blur. I don't think any of us slept much after that. The bases went into threat condition delta. Pretty soon I knew that we'd be in combat somewhere.