AMC Flights
The utilization of AMC flight is mandatory for duty travelers; therefore, you will be scheduled on the AMC flight. PTO normally has the AMC flight schedule three months in advance. Upon receipt of orders, the member must contact their unit S-1 immediately to prepare transfer data sheet and port call request to ensure flight availability.
Moving with pets
DOD regulations limit pet shipment to passengers in PCS status only.
Space-Available Pet Program: Fifteen days prior to AMC flight departure, open pet spaces are available to travelers that already have two pet spaces booked. Contact your local transportation office to arrange the additional space. If there is extra space available for your pet, your transportation office will secure a reservation in the passenger/pet reservation system. A confirmation printout will be provided to you to present upon re-quest as the authority to move more than two pets per family.
Note: The commercial airline industry currently imposes a 100-pound weight restriction per pet and kennel and does not allow pet shipments during seasonal hot/cold conditions.
Click here to see AMC guidance on traveling with pets.
Please keep in mind regulations and restrictions change, therefore we recommend you confirm this information with your local transportation office.
Pet Licensing
Dogs and cats entering Japan are required to have current rabies vaccination and health certificates. (Dogs should also be vaccinated for kennel cough.) Preferably, certificates should be issued by a military veterinarian using DD FORM 2208 for the rabies vaccination and DD FORM 2209 for the health certificate. Rabies date must be put on the health certificate.
Pets are required to have rabies vaccination no less than 30 days but not more than 365 days prior to entry. Health certificates must be issued no more than 10 days prior to entry. Copies of these certificates, along with PCS orders, must accompany pets and should be affixed to the outside of the shipping cage.
If pet is traveling without sponsor's orders, USFJ Forms 380EJ are necessary for customs-free entry and should be obtained from member's military sponsor at the new permanent duty station (PDS) in Japan. All original forms will be available FROM SPONSOR upon demand when going through Customs.
The pet must be registered with the Military Police.
ID tag can be requested from the veterinary office.
Pet Quarantines
On arrival in Japan, dogs and cats must undergo import quarantine for a set period to screen out rabies (and in the case of dogs, rabies and leptospirosis), depending on conditions. Japan new quarantine system started November 6, 2004 for dogs and cats.
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