Upon Your Arrival

All flights lead to the Honolulu International Airport, located about two miles southeast of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's main gate. The airport is nine miles (14.4 km) west of Waikiki Beach and four miles (6.4 km) west of central Honolulu. Travel time to Waikiki is about 20 to 30 minutes by car during non-rush hour traffic. Your sponsor will most likely be the one greeting you at the airport and will help you get settled into your initial accommodations. If you are not met by anyone at the airport and require lodging, you should contact your respective Command Duty Officer or go to the USO at the airport.
The USO is located at the Honolulu International Airport. The center is open Monday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to midnight. It is conveniently located on the ground level of the international terminal in the baggage claim area between Baggage Claims E and F.

The center's small staff and volunteers assist military personnel and their families who transit to Hawaii. They help them cope with travel related emergencies, including contacts with military service activities and provide a comfortable place for travelers awaiting flights or other transportation.

Available within the center is a TV and VCR, snack bar, limited sleeping accommodations, shower and restroom, child's crib as well as books and magazines. Coffee and cookies from local bakeries are also available. Telephone: (808) 836-3351, fax: (808) 833-2012, e-mail: usohawaii@uso.org. 

Public Transportation
Oahu has an excellent public transportation system, appropriately named The Bus, which should serve most of your needs if you do not have a rental vehicle. One-way fares are $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for children and high school-aged students. For more information about bus routes and schedules around the island, visit the website, http://www.thebus.org, or call (808) 848-5555, 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, including holidays. The taxi fare from the airport to Waikiki will cost $33 for up to three people and $11 for each additional person. Airport Express Island Shuttles: (808) 521-2121.

Rental Cars
Travel Connections also has cooperative agreements with local commercial car rental agencies. In fact, Enterprise Rent-a-Car has an agent on-site in the ITT Fleet Store location. For current For current information, call Travel Connections at (808) 422-0139. Inquire with Travel Connections on age requirements.

Get Your Orders Stamped
Contact your respective command to find out where you must go to get your orders stamped, so you can start the clock for TLA and cost of living allowance entitlement.

Shore duty: Report directly to your command. If after 4 p.m. and you do not know how to contact the duty section, call the JBPHH Quarterdeck at (808) 473-1222 or go to Building 150.

Ships or other deployable units: Report directly to the unit. If the unit is deployed or underway, report as follows: Surface ships: Report to Transit Personnel Unit (TPU), Building 1753, JBPHH, for further transfer or to await ships arrival, telephone (808) 473-0686.

Submarines: Report to Naval Submarine Support Command located in Building 661, telephone: (808) 473-0522. If after 4 p.m., report to JBPHH Quarterdeck, Building 150, (808) 473-1222.

VP aviation squadrons: Contact Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay at: (808) 257-0509, ext. 8001.

Checking in Your Records
Check-in sessions with the Personnel Support Detachment are conducted through appointments only and must be arranged through your Command PASS Coordinator (CPC). In order for the CPC to obtain an appointment, a PSD Receipts Package must be completed and presented with the service record to the supervisors of the Receipts Division. After screening of the correct and complete receipts package, an appointment will be assigned to the member no sooner than 48 hours later. This time is necessary for appropriate action to make the member's electronic file accessible. PSD business hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Wednesday, PSD is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PSD is located at the Moanalua Navy Services Center Building at 4827 Bougainville Drive. For further information concerning PSD and services provided, visit their website at http://www.cnic.navy.mil/PearlHarborHickam/InstallationGuide/PersonnelSupportDetachment/index.htm.

Picking Up Your POV,
Registration and Driver's Licenses
Please refer to the Hawaii the Aloha State section of this guide.

Base Decal
To drive your vehicle on a military installation, you must obtain a military base decal by registering at the Pass and Identification Office of the base to which you are assigned. When registering, you will need your military ID card, registration of vehicle with the State of Hawaii or a state tax exemption certificate, valid driver's license, as appropriate for automobile, motorcycle or motor scooter, Hawaii safety check receipt and proof of Hawaii no-fault insurance. The Navy's Pass and ID Office (Building 3455) is located on the corner of the Nimitz and Center Drive, just outside the Nimitz Gate entrance to JBPHH. Office hours are: Monday through Fri-day, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (closed noon to 1 p.m. for lunch). The one-day pass window only is open on weekends. Telephone: (808) 474-9140.