Children may be enrolled in DoD dependent schools on space available, tuition-paying basis. Space available return transportation to the continental United States from these areas is extremely limited. Retired USAF personnel not employed by US Government are not authorized any privileges other than medical care and dependent schooling. Retired USAF personnel are authorized the use of theaters, libraries, cafeterias, craft shops, sports facilities, open messes, laundry and dry cleaning services and Class VI stores. Commissary privileges are limited by the availability of food stocks and monetary limits established by grade and size of family are imposed.
Transient quarters are practically nonexistent.
Retired USAF personnel not employed by the Federal Government must register with the government of the Ryukyu Islands upon arrival. All other privileges are authorized retired USAF personnel on the same basis as active duty personnel. The same Article is used as grounds for providing APO privileges and commissary access. Use of EFT requires the individual have a Social Security Number or taxpayer identification number. The Association is working with agencies in the U.S. to determine how these non-U.S. citizens will be able to continue receiving the federal benefits to which they are entitled.