When I worked on the tugboat the farthest place I went to was Johnston Island. The tugboat would carry both jet fuel and automobile fuel in a very large barge that we towed out to Johnston Island. Johnston Island is a small island between Japan and Hawaii and although there are some Military personnel there it was mainly civilian contractors when I went. The Island was used to store all the poison gas and other hazordous materials from the first World War all the way up to the Vietnam war. When on the island one always had to have a gas mask with you at all times. All of us stayed on the boat instead of going on the island as we didn’t want to be there in case there was a problem. The people who worked there usually signed up for a 2 year contract that they could renew and other than alcohol and tobacco everything was free! If a person didn’t buy those items they could save a lot of money since the pay was very good. For many years a person there did not have to pay stae tax but eventually everybody had to pay the Hawaii state tax. At the end of each year you could go anywhere you wanted on vacation and the flights would be free! Talking to many of the staff there, the usual plan would be to work for 5 years and save up all your money and then you would have enough for college or for buying a house. From what I was told they don’t use the island as much anymore but that there is always a group of staff there because of all the dangersous materials.