Okinawa

[irizavrima]

im leaving either this june or july for recruit training and i wont be stationed for about a good 8 or 9 months...and from what i heard the MCB at Okinawa is shutting down. My question is...will this base still be an option to me considering that I have a geographic incentive on my enlistment contract?

[jryanjack]

Had not heard that Oki was closing - they may be closing some of the bases there, but I doubt all of them. If I recall correctly there are 3-4 Marine bases there - Foster, Feutema, Hansen, and ?

[Marine84]

You might be lucky and get sent to the mainland - Iwakuni was a BLAST dude!

[bigdog43701]

jryan...u thinking SCHWAB

[killerinstinct]

You might be lucky and get sent to the mainland - Iwakuni was a BLAST dude!

OH GIMME SOME OF THAT CALIFORNIA CHICKEN.. MMMMMMMMM

[Quinbo]

I had not heard that schwab was closing but maybe. Okinawa is not a base it is an island. The Japanese equivilant to Hawaii. As far as the whole dang thing getting shut down.... I doubt it. There are camps. Camp Courtney, Camp Hansen, Camp Foster, Camp Fuetemna, Camp Schwab. The Army has a couple bases there and of course there is Kadena. They have pretty much got em down to training with blanks out there.

[irizavrima]

it would be nice to get shipped overseas and experience life in a different culture...are there any other overseas locations that are any fun?

[Echo_Four_Bravo]

The Marine Corps doesn't have a ton of bases in other nations. We deploy on ships, not to bases. That said, if you want to experience other cultures be a good Marine and get accepted to MSG duty. Those people are just about everywhere.

[CourtneyMP]

Alright,

I am currently an MP stationed on Camp Courtney, MCB, Camp Smedley D. Butler . . . none of the bases are going to be shutting down due to the fact that every base out here has its own job to do, Cp Foster is the main base, everything runs through it, MCAS Futenma is for all air defense, Cp Courtney and Mctureous are family housing and 3MEF/3MarDiv, Cp Hansen and Schwab are the bases that house and train all 03xx fields, Cp Kinser is all wearhouses . . . none of these bases are closing any time soon, this Island is the direct defense of Japan and the United States from any Asian Countries.

CourtneyMP

[millar123]

I am stationed in Okinawa now and it is awesome the culture is some much more different than in the states, the locals are much more respective to us then those in the the states. If you come out here i am sure you will like it.

[Marine84]

I am stationed in Okinawa now and it is awesome the culture is some much more different than in the states, the locals are much more respective to us then those in the the states.

WOW! Must be different on that little island - on the mainland in Iwakuni, there were places we couldn't get into because we were American. I remember going to Hiroshima and getting turned around at the door because I had round eyes. That's why it's always a good thing to have a Japanese National as a friend that CAN get you into places. And the girls that work the bars..................OMG! They HATED us WMs because they thought we were trying to cut into their "business" - once they got to know some of us and figured out that we WEREN'T trying to take their "business", they were cool.

Different cultures will make you appreciate the hell out of the one you come from. I NEVER could get a steak cooked right over there! I NEVER got used to the binjo(sp) ditches and it's HELL trying to stay out of one when you're drunk! I had several Japanese women come up and grab a handfull of boob and say "takson" (a lot) and the SMELL of the whole place! I always heard it was a crematory that I was smelling - I don't know what it was but it stank to the high heavens! I was soooooooooo happy to FINALLY get back to the United States - when I landed at LAX and got outside, I literally got down on my hands and knees and KISSED the concrete - I was a happy camper!

[killerinstinct]

I am stationed in Okinawa now and it is awesome the culture is some much more different than in the states, the locals are much more respective to us then those in the the states. If you come out here i am sure you will like it.

MAMASON this buy me drinkie chick isnt putting out

[mrob7781]

you got that one right killerinstinct! more times than not when you bought mamason a double shot of whiskey for a good buck, she was actually drinking a coke!!! didn't take long to get wise to that....

[killerinstinct]

you got that one right killerinstinct! more times than not when you bought mamason a double shot of whiskey for a good buck, she was actually drinking a coke!!! didn't take long to get wise to that....

LOL yup we figured that out 15 dolla drinkie 20 dolla wine.. we just started putting our drinks in hers when she wasnt looking

[semperfiman]

i was stationed at camp courtney 1972 73 had a great time gotta get back one day