Can I work in an american military hospital in Okinawa Japan if I'm not in the military?

Question

My wife is Japanese and we live in colorado. I'd like to work for a year or so in Okinawa. I'm a respiratory therapist (respiratory care practitioner) and was hoping I could work in an english speaking hospital on a military base. Anyone know if this is possible or have any advice? Anyone have any experience dealing with this?

Answer 1

The only way is either you are in the military or a dependent of a military personel. Even if your a dependent it's still going to be a difficult. Otherwise the base for that branch of service has to post the position for civilian hire. In which they barely do for over seas positions. Another way is if your a real special resident that the military requests, but that almost never happens unless your a VIP military General or something. The town where the base is located at usually hires civilian locals who can speak English. If the base is in the US then yes they have postings all the time and you'll have a much better chance. But usually for your job they already have their own military personel that does it. They only really hire civilians for nurses, pharmacist and techs, and request specialist residents.

Answer 2

If you are qualified and have no security or criminal record problems there is no reason you can't work for a military medical facility.  Here's one link for Department of the Navy HR.  You can do an online search for the other branches of the military.

https://www.donhr.navy.mil/

Here's another quick link for the U.S. naval Hospital on Okinawa.  Check out the job postings and see if anything suits you.

http://www.oki.med.navy.mil/

Good luck.

Answer 3

yep u sure can

i used to live there

and there were lots of civilian nurses working there

idk how'd u'd go about doing it though