His orders are for a 24 month unaccompanied deployment to Iwakuni, Japan. As a Marine myself (1990-1994) one of the only regret I have is never going over to Okinawa when I was in. Now that my good friend and young Devil Dog is getting deployed over there to Iwakuni Id love to visit him while he is over there. Since I never went there I am not familiar with how the base is set up and even if I had gone there I am sure it has changed in the 20 years since I was in the Corps, I was wondering if this is even possible. Can civilians visit over on Iwakuni? Are there hotels and accomodations for people to use while visiting Marine friends and family? If anyone is or has been stationed over there recently could help me out with this I would most certainly appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

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