WELCOME Guide to I wakuni CULTURAL & STATION REFERENCE GUIDE TO A MEMORABLE STAY ABOARD MCAS IWAKUNI 2016 Contents YOUR STATION YOUR LIFE IN IWAKUNI Transition smoothly Educate yourself in the 5 to MCAS Iwakuni by 23 Japanese language familiarizing yourself and traditions while with the Air Station's simultaneously showing rules and facilities. respect for the local culture. YOUR MCCS DIRECTORY Learn how Marine Corps Phone numbers of 51 Community Services is 76 popular MCCS and MCAS here to serve you, our departments. military family. MCC S Iwakuni Marketing Department MARKETING DIRECTOR / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF J. Michael Browning DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER Sarah Puma PREVIEW MANAGING EDITOR Eduardo Almonte PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST Jessica McFarlane MARKETING COORDINATOR Paul Anthony Torres LEAD CREATIVE DESIGNER Jongeun Spencer GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Sus Fukushima Eduardo Almonte *Kristi Anderson DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALISTS Jacob Hatter Adam McCambridge Eric Turner Aaron Roman MARKETING ASSISTANT Jenna West COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES Kanji Niue *Booklet Designer WELCOME TO IWAKUNI, JAPAN Hello!Life overseas presents many challenges while offering enjoyable and unique experiences for those who wish to take advantage of them. You will find the locals to be reserved yet friendly, and discover many interesting and beautiful places to visit right outside our main gate. Whether you are unaccompanied or serving here with your family, your overseas experience will 3 depend greatly upon your overall outlook. By taking a few minutes to understand the local traditions and programs available to you on-base, you will learn that MCAS Iwakuni is a fabulous place to live. Commanding Officer MCAS Iwakuni Welcome to MCAS Iwakuni. Whether you are here as a permanent resident, here on deployment, or passing through for a short while, I encourage you to take advantage of all that Iwakuni has to offer − both on base and in the local area. There are plenty of opportunities to stretch your legs and visit in the greater WestPac region. Please be mindful that the station is undergoing a wholesale upgrade to every facility and function as we prepare to grow our community. Today’s construction challenges are necessary enablers − new schools, housing, operational and recreational facilities opening within the next four years will be well worth the wait. Throughout, the station staff remains committed to providing premier support to us and allied forces across the full spectrum of operations. Through our commitment to excellence, we aim to make MCAS Iwakuni the installation of choice. 5 Col Boucher, R. V. Commanding Officer, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY / MCCS IWAKUNI JAPAN Your Station STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE (SJA)/ STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) 253-5591 | Bldg 608 | Mon-Fri 0800-1600 mcasiwakuni.marines.mil/Organizations/ Station/SJA.aspx The Office of the Staff Judge Advocate is here to provide free attorney and paralegal assistance to active duty servicemembers, their family members and dependents, and other eligible clients regarding personal legal matters, and matters under the Status of Forces Agreement. SERVICES PROVIDED 6 Passports, birth abroad, marriage packages, notary, affidavits, certified true copies, powers of attorney, wills, separations, legal advice, taxes, claims, defense and victim legal counsel. GUIDE TO IWAKUNI 2016 / YOUR STATION PASSPORTS and death certificates are not authorized to be certified true, New Passport fees effective 13 July 2010, available by money please contact our office if there are any questions. order only. Adult (first time) $135 Child (first time) $105 POWERS OF ATTORNEY Adult (renew) $110 Child (CRBA/Passport) $205 General (full) POA: Gives grantee access to everything on Additional Pages $82 behalf of the grantor. BIRTH ABROAD Special POA: Gives grantee specific powers of which the Having a child in Japan? Bring the child in along with the grantor chooses. (If you have any questions, please call or Japanese birth certificate in order to get it translated and come in.) apply for a Social Security Number. WILLS MARRIAGE PACKAGES Please come in and request a will worksheet and we will set an We provide marriage packages as well as marriage appointment with an attorney for you to answer any questions counseling. Please ensure that you go through your chain of you may have. After the will is finalized, we will execute the will command prior to receiving marriage counseling. with a legal assistance attorney. NOTARY SEPARATIONS We provide notaries for documents that need a notarized Our office provides separation agreement paperwork to begin stamp and seal. Please remember not to sign your document the divorce process, please ensure you pick up a separation until you are in the presence of a notary. package from our office. AFFIDAVITS LEGAL ADVICE We provide typed statements of fact voluntarily made by an Our legal assistance attorney is available to assist clients with affiant under an oath or affirmation administered by a person adoption, child support, consumer problems, contracts, debt, 7 authorized to do so by law. credit problems, immigration advice, wills, living wills, name changes, marital separation agreements, spousal support CERTIFIED TRUE COPIES and other legal based questions. Please call to set up an We provide certified true copies of an original document only. appointment. Certain documents, such as, birth, court, public, marriage BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY / MCCS IWAKUNI JAPAN TAX CENTER The tax center is located inside the SJA building. They are Naval Criminal available from February until June. Investigative Service (NCIS) Hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1600. 253-5589 | Bldg 230, Second Floor | Mon-Fri 0800-1600 February Only: Open weekends from 0800-1200 (By www.mcasiwakuni.marines.mil/Organizations/Station/NCIS.aspx Appointment only.) The NCIS mission is to investigate and defeat criminal, terrorist, and foreign intelligence threats to the United States CLAIMS Navy and Marine Corps—ashore, afloat, and in cyberspace. If you’ve had an incident regarding personal injury or property, please come see our claims specialist. ROLE Force Protection, Counterintelligence Operations, and DEFENSE Criminal Investigations Criminal defense services can be provided via telephonic communication with Okinawa (active duty servicemembers only.) CONTACT VICTIM LEGAL COUNSEL On Base Emergency 119 or 911 Off Base Emergency 0827-79-3322 If you have been a victim of a crime, please call 253-5591 for On Base Non-Emergency (PMO) 253-3303 assistance. Antiterrorism / Force Protection 253-4139 24 Hour Hotline 253-2837 REPORT THE FOLLOWING TO COMMAND/NCIS: Possible surveillance, multiple sighting in target areas 8 suspicious photography, videotaping, or sketching of assets. ATTEMPTED ENTRIES TO UNAUTHORIZED AREAS • Suspicious questioning of personnel • Fraudulent use of IDs, badges, uniforms • Telephonic threats GUIDE TO IWAKUNI 2016 / YOUR STATION of 31 Jul 14 Headquarters & • MCBJ/III MEFO 1050.7A Headquarters Squadron • USFJI 36-2811 • MCO 1752.5B 253-3814 | Bldg 1 | Mon-Fri 0800-1600 • MEF/MCIPAC 5800 of 09 May 14 www.mcasiwakuni.marines.mil/Organizations/HHS.aspx • MCASO 5800.18B LEAVE & LIBERTY Station Inspector General Before ANY servicemember is granted off-installation leave or liberty in Japan WITHOUT A SPONSOR, the service 253-3033 / 3428 | Bldg 230, Rm 121 | Mon-Fri 0730-1630 member MUST have completed the following training; Sexual CO’S HOTLINE 253-3100 / 3124 Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR), Welcome Aboard FAX 253-5036 Indoctrination, Cultural Awareness, and Responsible Drinking. EMAIL [email protected] Completion of this training must be documented and current AFTER HOURS 080-6612-9241 per III MEF/MCIPAC Liberty Regulations in Japan of 26 Nov 14. All servicemembers will be issued either a Red or Gold Liberty YOUR ADVOCATE HANDLING Card in accordance with MCBJ/III MEFO 1050.7A. • Civilian Misconduct LIBERTY BUDDY • Investigations Servicemembers requiring a liberty buddy are outlined in III • Request Mast MEF/MCIPAC Liberty Regulations in Japan of 26 Nov 14. • Functional Area Inspections • Fraud, Waste & Mismanagement DRESS CODE POLICY • Installation Voting Assistance Civilian clothing will be worn in good taste and not in conflict with accepted attire of the host country. Please see MCBJ/ USEFUL LINKS IIIMEFO 1050.7A for detailed information. • DOD INSPECTOR GENERAL www.dodig.mil/HOTLINE 9 OFF–LIMITS AREAS ON/OFF BASE DSN: 664-8799 or (800) 424-9098 MCASO 5800.18B lists restricted establishments and areas. • HQMC INSPECTOR GENERAL (703) 604-4662 REFERENCED ORDERS • NAVY INSPECTOR GENERAL • COMUSJAPAN memo of 26 Nov 14 DSN: 288-6842 or (800) 522-3451 • III MEF/MCIPAC Liberty Regulations in Japan of 26 Nov 14 • FRAUD/WASTE/MISMANAGEMENT • COMUSJAPAN memo Responsible Drinking Training (800) 424-9098 or (703) 604-8799 BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY / MCCS IWAKUNI JAPAN • INSTALLATION VOTING OFFICE VEHICLE REGISTRATION DSN: 253-5314 or fvap.gov 253-3161 • MILITARY REPRISAL INVESTIGATIONS (703) 604-8541 or [email protected] All USFJ personnel assigned to MCAS Iwakuni must register • CHILD SUPERVISION ORDER privately owned vehicles, bicycles and weapons with the Pass (III MEF/MCIPACO 5800.1 CH 1) and Registration Office (Bldg. 608). Provost Marshal’s Office (PMO) In accordance with current guidance, accompanied personnel are limited to two passenger vehicles and one motorcycle. Emergency 119 | Desk Sgt 253-3303 | Bldg 608 Unaccompanied personnel are limited to one passenger www.mcasiwakuni.marines.mil/Organizations/Station/PMO.aspx