Mission Statement:
The Retiree Activities
Office (RAO) serves as the interface between the active and retired communities.
It is an official Air Force activity staffed by volunteers. All military retirees,
regardless of service, surviving spouses of retired and active duty personnel
and all military members about to retire are served by the RAO.
The office offers a wide range of services to include:
a. Assistance to survivors on the Survivor Benefit
Plan, Social Security benefits, preparation of tax returns, accomplishment
of new identification cards, filing insurance claims, establishing direct
deposit accounts, to name a few of the services available
b. Web and email access is available and we can
assist those who do not have internet capability.
c.
Working with senior leadership and higher headquarters to insure that retirees
get as many of the benefits due to them as possible. There are some limitations
overseas due to the SOFA. If you desire more information in this area please
contact the office for specifics.
d. Basically, we act as a clearing house for
all military retirees (regardless of branch of service) who have retired in
the Tohoku and Hokkaido areas. To date, we have identified over four hundred
retirees and or their dependents/survivors in the area.
Prospective retirees who have any questions that have not been answered elsewhere may contact us by
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or call or write to us
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FW-CVR |
Phone: DSN 226 - 4428/5675 |
UNIT
5021 Box 5 |
US COMM: 011 - 81- 3117 - 66 - 4428/5675 |
APO
AP 96319-5021 |
IN JAPAN: 0176 - 64 - 4428/5675 |
We are located in Bldg. 653, Room 210 and open Tuesday through Friday, 0900 to 1500 hours.
Casualty Affairs: Retirees and their dependents who require assistance in the area of casualty affairs may contact the Military Personnel Flight or the Retiree Activities Office at 226- 4428/5675. Individuals who have limited English ability or speak only Japanese may contact Joe at 0176-63-7090 (from Japanese, off base commercial phones).
Checklist: A copy of the Retiree Casualty Assistance Checklist and Letter of Instruction for Next of Kin is available by clicking on the following links....
These forms were provided byt SMSgt. H.K. O'Leary, USAF, Ret., Grants Pass, OR
Newsletter: The RAO publishes a quarterly newsletter mailed/emailed to all known military retirees in northern Japan (Prefectures of Hokkaido, Akita, Iwate, Fukushima, Miyagi and Yamagata). If you are not receiving the newsletter, or our e-mail advisories, please complete the locator form (link at the top left of this page) and forward it to the RAO.
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Survivor Assistance: The Misawa Military Retirees Association, in cooperation with the RAO, provides emergency assistance to survivors in need through the Survivors Assistance Fund. This is normally a one-time monetary grant. More information may be obtained from the RAO.
