Anyone with experience on this please chime in.

well, i know that AF is tough because a lot of bases don't like putting people offbase because there is unrest between military and civilians in some parts of japan. the point of that is that if you're unmarried, you cannot live together onbase. so the civilian member would have to live offbase, which can be overwhelming in itself with the language barriers, transportation changes, culture changes, etc.

i lived in japan for many years and i visit there fairly often because all of my mom's family lives there...so if you have questions about the areas in particular or anything like that, just PM me. :D

Just some more info for the thread:

He's Navy. I'd like to move with him if he gets orders overseas. He'd only get COLA for himself and I get that. But he's saying that to get a job on base with MWR I'd have to speak Japanese and that doesn't sound exactly right. He then went on to say that that is the rule for all overseas locations. That doesn't sound right because when we lived in Spain you didn't have to speak Spanish to get a job on base.

I've lived in Japan before with my parents so that's not what I'm worried about. It's all this stuff that I wouldn't have worried about as a kid.

I was single when I lived in Japan. I moved there myself and lived in Fukuoka, before moving in with dh (then db) in Sasebo. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.

You don't have to speak any Japanese to be able to work on base.

Anyone with experience on this please chime in.

My boyfriend is currently stationed overseas..and im here stateside....It's hard at frist but once you get into a routine for communication things are easier.....hope this helps.