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Based on my experience using living quarter allowance (LQA) I am going through what it is, who gets it, how to determine how much you get, and what happens if you abuse it. You can read this blog post and find an example of the excel spreadsheet I used to figure this out at my website JIMKendall.net

Here is a little video of how my and surrounding villages celebrated Bon Ani, or New Years Day. This was while I was a Peace Corp Volunteer in Endu on Ambrym in Vanuatu. Vanuatu is an island country in the South Pacific. And traditions like this has been influenced by local custom along with French and English traditions. Enjoy!!

I recently got hired as a civilian employee to work on a US Base in Japan. Apart of that journey is ensuring the containment of COVID. That is, that I don't spread COVID during my travels or once I am in Japan. This video is about the process of gaining permissions, screening for COVID, dodging getting the virus, and my quarantine after arrival. Which in military speak is ROM. 00:01 Intro 00:20...

I just recently got hired by the US Navy to work for them in Japan on a military base. As a US Federal employee, and because I met the qualifications, I got a really nice incentives and allowances package. Everyone is going to be a little different in this position, so this is simply my story. In this video I go over all of the lovely incentives and allowances that I get to compensate me for mo...

In this segment of the saga to get hired and move for the job, I explain what I need to do once I actually get the long awaited formal job offer. These videos in the Moving to Japan series are about my experience becoming a federal, civilian employee working for a US military base in Japan. It is a long process which can be hard to navigate, and I have not seen a lot of vlogs about this subject...

I'm moving to Japan and want to be able to ride a motorcycle while there. So I'm finally checking off of my to-do list getting my motorcycle endorsement on my drivers license so that I can get my motorcycle license in Japan. Here is the summary of my 2-day basic rider course which I took in Southern Oregon.

When you get hired by the US federal government there are two job offers; the tentative and the formal. There is a process of paperwork, background checks, and processing which happens in this period before the hiring agency is allowed to offer the selectee a formal, firm job offer. This is true for any GS position. This particular story is mine as I not only try to get hired by the government ...

I got offered a job working for the US Navy in Japan - which is a dream come true for me! But, I had just started a new job and to take the Japan job I would have to leave before my first year was up. What to do, what to do? These videos in the Moving to Japan series are about my experience becoming a federal, civilian employee working for a US military base in Japan. It is a long process which...