Contacting 4th Marines

     Getting a hold of friends and loved ones who are deployed or stationed overseas can be a challenge. Our goal here is to make it as easy as possible for you to call, write, or e-mail Marines and Sailors who are a part of 4th Marines.

Calling by Phone:

• U.S. Military Installations on Okinawa use the Defense Switched Network (DSN) for calls within Okinawa. All DSN phone numbers on Okinawa are seven digits long and begin with '6'; as an example, the Officer of the Day (after hours duty officer) for 4th Marines' phone number is 625-2600.
  
   
• When dialing from a regular phone line in the United States, you must first dial the international dialing prefix (011), the country code for Japan (81), the area code for military phone lines (6117), then the last six digits of the DSN phone number. As an example, for the 4th Marines' Officer of the Day, the number would be:
  
            011 - 81 - 6117 - 25 - 2600
  
   
• When calling from a DSN phone on a military installation in the United States or Europe, ensure that you are using a phone line with international DSN access, and dial the DSN area code (315) followed by the seven digit DSN phone number. For example, to call the 4th Marines' Officer of the Day, you would dial:
  
            315 - 625 - 2600
  
   
• Cell Phones are extremely popular in Japan, and many service members use them while stationed here. Cell phone numbers are unique in Japan in that they beginning with the area code '090' and have eleven digit phone numbers rather than the standard ten digits used on all other phone systems. However, when calling a cell phone from the states, you do not dial the first digit of the area code. Thus, you would dial the international dialing prefix (011), the country code for Japan (81), the last two digits of the area code for cell phones (90), then the eight digit phone number. For example, if given the number 090-1234-9876, you would dial:
  
            011-81-90-1234-9876
  
   
• The Marine Corps Base Operator on Okinawa can be reached at 640-1110. For Air Force personnel, the Kadena Base Operator's phone number is 630-1110. Use the directions listed above to determine the correct dialing sequence.

Contact via E-Mail:

• For those Marines and Sailors who have personal e-mail accounts (i.e., Hotmail or AOL addresses), internet access is available at low cost on all bases which house 4th Marines' units. However, when units are in the field or on exercises, internet access is usually not available.
  
   
• Marines and sailors who communicate via e-mail in the course of duty are given a military e-mail account while on Okinawa. The format for this address is the user's last name and first two initials followed by @3div.usmc.mil. For example, LtGen Lewis B. Puller's e-mail address would be:
  
            PullerLB@3div.usmc.mil
  
   
• The Joint Navy/Marine Corps White Pages is a website maintained by the Department of the Navy which lists all official e-mail accounts for Marines and Sailors. This may assist in finding not only e-mail addresses, but office phone numbers as well. The address for this site is:
  
            http://dir.navy.mil
  
   

Mail and Packages:

• Mail and packages must be mailed to military bases on Okinawa using the U. S. Postal System. Federal Express and other commercial carriers do not deliver to military addresses. If the Marine or Sailor receiving the delivery lives off base, arrangements should be made to either deliver the package to their unit office or through an international carrier to their Japanese address.
  
   
• The following addresses may assist you in sending mail to loved ones here on Okinawa. Giving the most specific information possible on the Unit line will lessen the amount of time needed to send you mail to Okinawa:
  
   
•      Headquarters Company
            Marine's Name and Rank (e.g. Cpl Joe T. Marine)
            Unit (e.g. 4th Marines HQ Company, Comm Platoon - Radio Section)
            Unit 35970
            FPO-AP 96602-5970
  
   
•      East Coast UDP
            Marine's Name and Rank (e.g. Cpl Joe T. Marine)
            Unit (e.g. 1/6, H&S Company, S-4)
            Unit 76246
            FPO-AP 09502-6246
  
   

•      West Coast UDP
            Marine's Name and Rank (e.g. Cpl Joe T. Marine)
            Unit (e.g. 1/7, Weapons Company)
            Unit 39768
            FPO-AP 96609-9768
  
   

•      Hawaii UDP
            Marine's Name and Rank (e.g. Cpl Joe T. Marine)
            Unit (e.g. 3/3, "A" Company)
            Unit 44418
            FPO-AP 96607-4418