Okinawa Hai!

CONTRIBUTED BY SHELL BURGER When we found out last January we were moving to Okinawa in June, we were very excited; then came the daunting task of preparing. Luckily, when we got word we quickly googled moving pets to Okinawa. WOW. There was a LOT we had to do to bring our dogs with us. [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY COURTNEY PLOTZ Editor’s note: Courtney PCS’d from San Diego to Okinawa with a dog, traveling on the military flight commonly referred to as the “Patriot Express.” She has some helpful hints for those who will be attempting to do the same this season. We started our process about nine months before we left [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LEAH WILLIAMS Editor’s note: Leah recently PCSed to Okinawa with her 13-pound dog, who was small enough to fly in-cabin on a commercial flight to Seattle and then on the Patriot Express to Okinawa. We hope her experience with gathering documentation and preparing for the flights will help those of you on your [...]

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For those of you planning a move to Okinawa soon, we hope Marie’s descriptions of the process of their travel and first months of settling in can help you with a few of the “unknowns.”  To read more of their story see links at the bottom of the post. CONTRIBUTED BY MARIE LEWIS Kenny and [...]

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For those of you planning a move to Okinawa soon, we hope Marie’s descriptions of the process of their travel and first months of settling in can help you with a few of the “unknowns.”  To read more of their story see links at the bottom of the post. CONTRIBUTED BY MARIE LEWIS It’s been [...]

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Follow Sarah’s OCONUS to OCONUS journey here:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5 CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE In 2008, Staci Hawley wrote a “You Know You Lived in Okinawa When” post for OkinawaHai. I read that post before I even stepped foot on Okinawa for the first time. Part of me couldn’t wait for some of [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY JENNIFER SHUE Editor’s Note:  Jen was our wonderful, fearless forum leader for the last few years.  She recently PCS’d away from her beloved Okinawa and wanted to share a last post with us!   45 45 more sunrises 45 more days to see the island 45 more mornings of sitting in traffic on [...]

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Follow Sarah’s OCONUS to OCONUS journey here:  1, 2, 3, 4, 6 CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Have you ever returned to your childhood home or hometown? Seeing this familiar place through your mature eyes can change your perspective. In some ways that is what it was like coming back to the States after living in Okinawa [...]

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For those of you planning a move to Okinawa soon, we hope Marie’s descriptions of the process of their travel and first months of settling in can help you with a few of the “unknowns.”  To read more of their story see links at the bottom of the post. CONTRIBUTED BY MARIE LEWIS It’s been [...]

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Follow Sarah’s OCONUS to OCONUS journey here:  1, 2, 3, 5, 6 CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE We started our time in Okinawa with twin cars: two silver Funcargos. Sadly, they came to different fates by the time we needed to leave Okinawa. One car was the protagonist of this post about selling a car. The other Funcargo [...]

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