Posts Tagged With: USFJ

US Military Spent $35 Million To Evacuate Families from Japan

» by GI Korea October 4th, 2011 at 9:37 am » Comments (2)

I wonder where the money came from to fund this evacuation?: The Department of Defense paid nearly $35 million for U.S. military families who chose to flee Japan amid the Fukushima ...more »

Marines On Okinawa Ordered Not To Drink After Midnight

» by GI Korea September 10th, 2011 at 9:09 am » Comments (6)

Here is a major change for servicemembers stationed on Okinawa: Marines on Okinawa are no longer allowed to drink alcohol after midnight at off-base bars and restaurants, according to a revised ...more »

US Military Families Begin To Return to Japan

» by GI Korea April 20th, 2011 at 6:24 pm » Comments (2)

It looks like the alleged "free vacations" for US military families in Japan in the aftermath of the tsunami created nuclear crisis is coming to an end: The military was working ...more »

Some USFJ Families Use Japanese Disaster for All Expenses Paid Government Vacation

» by GI Korea March 31st, 2011 at 7:47 am » Comments (15)

Remember when the voluntary evacuation of US military families from Japan was supposed to just be a plane ticket to Korea and that was it? Well now it is has ...more »

Navy Petty Officer Arrested for Drunk Driving & Accident In A HMMWV On Okinawa

» by GI Korea March 22nd, 2010 at 4:05 am » Comments (3)

I have never heard of a servicemember drunk driving in a HMMWV before, but if you were going to do it Okinawa is definitely not the place to be trying ...more »

Japanese Government Looks at Cutting Base Worker Pay

» by GI Korea November 30th, 2009 at 5:34 pm » Comments (5)

I wonder if the Korean government has ever thought of doing this with USFK workers?: A Japanese government working group recommended reviewing salaries of local workers on U.S. military bases ...more »

USFJ Security Contractor Killed In Drunk Driving Accident

» by GI Korea November 6th, 2009 at 10:40 pm » Comments (4)

This has to be one of the most unusual commands for someone to have, but it must suck to have to apologize for actions of civilian workers: A U.S. military security ...more »

Free Highway Toll Passes for Servicemembers In Japan Could End

» by GI Korea October 29th, 2009 at 5:36 am » Comments (4)

I actually agree with the critics of the free toll passes on this issue: The Japanese Ministry of Defense will discuss the U.S. military’s use of free toll passes for ...more »

Japanese Court Rules US Military Not Responsible for Woman’s Death

» by GI Korea May 26th, 2009 at 4:30 am » Comments (0)

Here is a ruling that may have had consequences in Korea if it went the other way: A sailor who was convicted of fatally beating a Japanese woman was ordered by ...more »