Families there are being asked to contact their base sponsors about returning to Japan, and those sp

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The families are expected to return to their homes and military spouses over the next five days either by commercial flights into Tokyo or via the military s Patriot Express commuter los angeles clippers tickets service, though some who have enrolled children in local schools in the U.S. might wait to finish the school year before returning.
The voluntary evacuations were an unexpected development in the sudden and deadly destruction that enveloped Japan for weeks following the March 11 earthquake. As the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant teetered on the edge of meltdown, los angeles clippers tickets many feared the crippled reactors could spew dangerous radiation across central Japan, prompting the Department of Defense to authorize flights and travel los angeles clippers tickets expenses for military dependents who decided to leave the country.
We expect the majority of our dependents to return by April 25, except los angeles clippers tickets for a few special circumstances such as [those] awaiting completion of a [school] semester for dependent children, Capt. Tania Bryan, spokeswoman for Yokota Air Base, told Stars and Stripes via an e-mail response.
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Those who are returning are also being asked to notify the Yokota Airmen and Family Readiness Center of their travel plans so the base can arrange enough transportation from Narita International los angeles clippers tickets airport in Tokyo to Yokota, she said.
Families there are being asked to contact their base sponsors about returning to Japan, and those sponsors will work with base pass coordinators and travel organizers such as SATO to issue return tickets, base spokeswomen Michelle Stewart said.
Military welcome committees will be set up at Narita airport to help incoming military dependents with luggage and transportation, she said. The committees will be set up at the airport terminals and members will be in uniform.
Residents could begin returning to Naval Air Facility Atsugi on Thursday, also aboard commercials los angeles clippers tickets flights to Narita, base spokesman Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Panter said. The base will be doubling up on transport buses and trucks running from the airport, Panter said.
The voluntary evacuees will be transported to Seattle from various locations across the U.S. and then take chartered commuter service flights back to the air base, Misawa spokeswoman Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez said.
Patriot Express flights are scheduled April 21, 23 and 24, Martinez said. To schedule travel back to Japan, residents must complete a repatriation form and supply a copy of their evacuation orders to SATO Travel. los angeles clippers tickets Instructions are available here :
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