I was not stationed at Okinawa but elsewhere in Japan a few years back.....You will NOT be able to ship a car to Japan per Japan rules. The Gov't will pay for one car to be stored at certain facilities in the US while stationed in Japan.
Rnaf replied to IKnowYouRider's topic in Government
You might feel differently after you've deployed a couple of times and been shot at and rocketed constantly. These people want you dead for no other reason than you are American. Nothing like helping save the terrorists' lives after they tried to o...
Rnaf replied to chaplngrillsgt's topic in Government
A couple of more things. If you do work at one of the "joint" bases, remember if you are Navy your performance reviews will be done by Navy even if you work directly for an AF officer. Need time off, your departmental direct AF commander will not b...
Rnaf replied to chaplngrillsgt's topic in Government
Don't let the name joint base confuse you. Until (if ever) there is one medical command for the military each branch will work primarily separately. The Navy has primary command at Hickam and 100% staffs the OR nurses. Each military branch has con...
Rnaf replied to chaplngrillsgt's topic in Government
Anything is possible but I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm AF stationed at an Army base but my orders were for the local AF base. I'm an AF OR nurse and I can't be stationed at the Joint base Pearl Harbor Hickam but an AF med surg nurse could. The va...
I was stationed at Misawa a few years back and it is a very small hospital. You may be able to get a job in one of the clinics. It just depends on what job openings there are. There are no other applicants to choose from other than the spouses so ...
Rnaf replied to kgbartolome93's topic in Government
I'm an AF OR nurse getting ready to deploy for the 3rd time to and honey by the grace of God there won't be another war in a very long time. I expect the tempo to be low key this time versus the my last two deployments as the war is winding down. I...