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UPDATE 3-14-22

MCIPAC-MCBB has updated mask-wearing guidance. Effective immediately, face masks are no longer required (regardless of vaccination status) while inside MCCS facilities or while attending an MCCS event.

 III MEF-MARFORJ

For the latest III MEF and MARFORJ Command Information relating to the COVID-19 outbreak and current Health Production Condition (HPCON), please visit the following link.

https://www.iiimef.marines.mil/Coronavirus/

Valued MCCS Patrons

MCCS Okinawa is taking decisive actions out of an abundance of caution to reduce potential risk and minimize the spread of COVID-19. All of our actions are aligned with our enduring mission to support our community of Warfighters and Families, as well as our MCCS workforce. 

Doing everything we can—in alignment with III MEF/MCIPAC guidance—to help keep our customers and employees safe during this evolving global pandemic is our top priority.

As directed by the MCIPAC Commanding General, the following changes are in effect until further notice. 

Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

Updates by Camp


Camp Schwab

Open:

  • Aquatic Center
  • BeachHead 
  • BeachHead Gaming Room
  • BeachHead Lounges 
  • Behavioral Health – Community Counseling Center: Telehealth services available at 645-2915 or 645-SAFE (7233)
  • Behavioral Health – Substance Abuse Counseling Center
  • Bowling Center
  • Bulldogs Burgers 
  • Education Center (with virtual counseling and briefs)
  • HITT Center (authorized ONLY for personnel who live or work on Camp Schwab)
  • Library
  • LifeJuice Café 
  • Oura Wan Recreation Beach (Pavilions and BBQ grills are open)
  • Power Dome Fitness Center (authorized ONLY for personnel who live or work on Camp Schwab)
  • Resources Office (with some virtual counseling and briefs)
  • SMP Center 
  • Sumo Burrito 
  • Tours+ service counter
  • Tsunami Scuba

Closed:

  • N/A

Camp Hansen

Open:

  • Aquatic Center - lap swimming and unit training only. No recreational swimming. 
  • Behavioral Health – Community Counseling Program
  • Behavioral Health – Substance Abuse Counseling Center
  • Bonsai Coffee
  • Bowling Center 
  • Chili’s Express 
  • Education Center (with virtual counseling and briefs) 
  • HITT Centers
  • HITT Classes
  • House of Pain Fitness Centers (main and north) 
  • Library - 
  • LifeJuice Café 
  • Resource Center (with some virtual counseling and briefs) - closed Friday-Sunday this week
  • SMP Center 
  • The Palms Lounges 
  • The Palms Tradewinds Restaurant and Gaming Rooms
  • Tours+ service counter
  • Tsunami Scuba
  • Typhoon Motors

Closed:

  • N/A

Camps Courtney and McTureous

Open:

  • Aquatic Center
  • Bayview 
  • Bayview E-Club, Hashmarks SNCO Club and Legends Officers’ Club Lounges 
  • Behavioral Health – Family Advocacy Program
  • Bowling Center
  • Bulldogs Burgers 
  • Courtney Arts and Crafts
  • Courtney Youth and Courtney Teen Centers
  • Chura Warabi Center (full/part daycare only; no hourly care)
  • Gaming Room at the Bowling Center
  • Gaming Rooms at Hashmarks
  • Education Office (with virtual counseling and briefs)
  • Exceptional Family Member Program Satellite Office
  • Flea Market
  • Ironworks Fitness Center
  • Library
  • LifeJuice Café
  • McTureous School Age Care
  • Resource Center (with some virtual counseling and briefs)
  • SMP Center 
  • Tengan Castle 
  • Tsunami Scuba 
  • Typhoon Motors

Closed:

  • N/A

Taiyo Golf Club

Open:

  • Taiyo Golf Club and Taiyo Steakhouse are open to SOFA personnel only.
  • Taiyo Café
  • Gaming Room at Taiyo Steakhouse
  • Golf Course and Pro Shop
  • Halfway House
  • Taiyo Steakhouse 

Closed:

N/A


Plaza Housing

Open:

  • Aquatic Center
  • Butler Officers’ Club (À La Carte Dinner and Sunday Brunch)
  • Butler Officers” Club Lounge 
  • Plaza Fitness Center

Closed:

  • N/A

Camp Foster

Open:

  • Ashibina Child Development Center (full/part daycare only; no hourly care)
  • Aquatic Center
  • Behavioral Health – Family Advocacy Program
  • Behavioral Health – Community Counseling Program
  • Behavioral Health – Substance Abuse Counseling Center
  • Bonsai Coffee
  • Bowling Center Bowling Lanes
  • Bowling Center Gaming Room
  • Building 1 Gym
  • Bulldogs Burgers 
  • Chimugukuru Child Development Center (full/part day care only; no hourly care)
  • CYP Resource& Referral
  • Education Center (with virtual counseling and briefs)
  • Excellence Gymnastics Academy
  • Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
  • Flea Market
  • Foster Custom Shop
  • Foster Fieldhouse
  • Foster Framing and Fine Arts
  • Foster School Age Care (no hourly care)
  • Foster Teen Center
  • Foster Youth Center
  • Gunners Fitness Center
  • HITT Center located outside the Navy Hospital Gym
  • Library
  • LifeJuice Café
  • Marine Corps Family Team Building Office (with both in-person and virtual training)
  • Martial Arts (non-contact with face covering)
  • Navy Hospital Gym
  • Ocean Breeze— À La Carte Lunch, Lunch Buffets and Dinner
  • Ocean Breeze Gaming Room
  • Ocean Breeze Lounges
  • Outdoor Recreation Equipment rental
  • Resource Center (with some virtual counseling and briefs)
  • SMP Center 
  • Shisa Pizza 
  • Special Events (bouncer and party rentals)
  • Sumo Burrito 
  • TERRA
  • Tours+
  • Tsunami Scuba
  • Typhoon Motors
  • Warehouse Sales
  • Youth Sports Practice and Games

Closed:

  • Community briefs (NOWA) delivered virtually

MCAS Futenma

Open:

  • Aquatic Center
  • Behavioral Health
  • Bowling Center 
  • Bulldogs Burgers 
  • Education Center (with virtual counseling and briefs)
  • Habu Pit—À La Carte Lunch and Dinners
  • Habu Pit SNCO and Officers’ Club Lounges 
  • Library
  • LifeJuice Café
  • McCutcheon Gym 
  • Resource Center (with some virtual counseling and briefs)
  • Semper Fit Fitness Center
  • SMP Center 
  • Sumo Burrito 
  • Thirsty’s 
  • Thirsty’s E-Club Lounge 

Closed:

  • N/A

Camp Kinser

Open:

  • Aquatic Center
  • Behavioral Health – Family Advocacy Program
  • Behavioral Health – Substance Abuse Counseling Center
  • Bowling Center 
  • Bulldogs Burgers 
  • Education Center (with Virtual Counseling and Briefs)
  • Exceptional Family Member Program Satellite Office
  • Kinser Family Fitness Center
  • Kinser Fitness Center and HITT areas
  • Kinser School Age Care (no hourly care)
  • Kinser Youth Center
  • Kinser Teen Center 
  • Library
  • LifeJuice Café
  • Red Barn Country Kitchen
  • Resource Center (with some virtual counseling and briefs)
  • SMP Center 
  • Surfside
  • Surfside Gaming Room
  • Surfside Lounges 
  • Tours+ service counter
  • Typhoon Motors
  • Yuimaru Center (full/part daycare only; no hourly care)

Closed:

  • N/A

Camp Lester

Open:

  • Lester Fitness Center

Closed:

  • N/A

Semper Fit

Open:

  • Active Duty Swim Instruction
  • Aquatic Centers
  • All HITT Centers
  • All indoor basketball courts
  • All Outdoor Facilities and Areas (unless otherwise specified)
  • Aquathlons
  • Aquatic Centers (Camps Schwab, Hansen and Foster)
  • Aquatics Certification Courses
  • Body Fat/RMR Testing
  • Dance Classes
  • Fit Camps
  • Fitness Coordinator Meetings and General Nutrition Consultations
  • Foster Fieldhouse
  • Group Fitness Classes (except spin/cycle)
  • HITT Classes/Courses
  • Indoor HITT Rooms
  • Indoor Team Sports
  • Martial Arts Classes
  • Massage Therapy
  • MCMAP Room
  • Oura Wan Recreation Beach (Camp Schwab), pavilions and BBQ grills are open  
  • Outdoor Recreation Equipment Rental
  • Personal Training
  • Racquetball courts 
  • Saunas & Steam Rooms
  • SMP in-center group events (no food service)
  • SMP in-center videogame tournaments (adhering to social distancing and face covering requirements; no food service)
  • SMP Off-base Community Relation Events
  • SMP outdoor clean-ups
  • Spin/Cycle rooms
  • TriKids, Minikids and Women’s Only Triathlons
  • Unit PT (outdoors w/reduced groups)
  • Wellness Briefs
  • Youth Orientations (appointment only)
  • Youth Sports Activities

Closed:

  • N/A

Last updated: March 31, 2022 11:05AM  

The health and welfare of the children entrusted to our care at MCCS Child Development Centers (CDCs) and School Age Care (SAC) facilities island-wide will always be our #1 priority. Out of abundant concern for the health and safety of the children, as well as our MCCS employees providing care, MCCS and other U.S. Forces Japan and U.S. government agencies on island have enacted effective, proactive mitigation measures to protect children, employees and our military community at-large from the spread of COVID-19. The success of these mitigation measures has allowed our CDCs here to remain open in support of service members and their families. 

We are actively monitoring the situation in coordination with public healthcare professionals and command elements. If warranted, we will close the CDCs with enough advance notification to allow parents (and their work supervisors, if applicable) to make appropriate arrangements such as family care plans, telework or leave. All of us with MCIPAC/MCB Camp Butler are committed to giving our parents all possible options to work and take care of their parental responsibilities. We truly appreciate our partnership with our SOFA families and appreciate your support and flexibility during this time.


18 January 2022 Update

All Okinawa-based MCCS Child Development Centers (CDCs), School Age Care (SAC) and the Youth & Teen Centers on Camps Foster, Kinser and Courtney will resume operations starting at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, 19 Jan 2022, with the exception of Camp Courtney Youth & Teen Center.   

The Youth & Teen Center on Camp Courtney will reopen on their normal hours of operation on Monday, January 31. 

For more information, please contact the MCCS Family Care Branch on Camp Foster at 645-4505 (or 098-970-4505), or via email at cypadmin@okinawa.usmc-mccs.org.


11 January 2022 Update

MCCS Family Care Branch Facilities To Close 11-18 JAN 2022 

Due to COVID impacts on MCCS Family Care programs and facilities, all Okinawa-based MCCS Child Development Centers (CDCs), School Age Care (SAC) and Youth & Teen Centers will close at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 Jan 2022, and will remain closed through Tuesday, 18 Jan 2022.  

Pending a favorable reassessment from local Public Health/Preventive Medicine personnel, facilities are forecast to reopen on Wednesday, 19 Jan 2022.  For more information, please contact the MCCS Family Care Branch on Camp Foster at 645-4505 (or 098-970-4505), or via email at cypadmin@okinawa.usmc-mccs.org.

To view the current III MEF COVID Guidance please visit https://www.iiimef.marines.mil/Coronavirus/ .

CDCs/SACs will continue to operate with the following added precautions:  

All visitors must wash their hands and have their temperature checked upon entry of any CYP facility.   
Face coverings and social distancing (when possible) are mandatory for staff. Children ages 2 and older are encouraged to wear face coverings. Face coverings are required in SAC, youth centers and teen centers. 
Independent play is encouraged.
Toys and equipment materials that are exposed to bodily fluids via mouthing, coughing, sneezing, etc. are sanitized and disinfected at least twice a day (or more often as needed). 
Entry doors, handles, handrails and doorknobs are disinfected on an hourly basis.
Frequently used items and areas are disinfected after each use.
All electronics and electronic accessories are wiped down after each use.
Recreational/playground equipment are disinfected daily.
Couches, tables, play mats, pens, sinks, windowsills and phones are disinfected after each use.
Parental involvement in program activities is limited.
Children and staff must wash their hands regularly throughout the day.

Additional Measures Taken in the CDCs

Only small groups of children are allowed on the playground and/or motor music room.
Individual sensory containers are now available to promote independent play.
Family style dining/self-service is postponed until further notice (caregivers serve children at all times).
During naptime, children are placed in the head to toe position at least 3 feet apart from each other.

Additional Measures Taken in the SAC Programs

Activity areas are limited to 10-12 children (to the greatest extent possible). 
The number of children eating at any given time is reduced in order to adequately space children at the tables.
Breakfast and snack plates are prepared and wrapped individually ahead of time.
Shareable toys are disinfected before another child can play with it.
Children must wash their hands when they transition to a new activity area.


Last updated: January 18, 2021 11:30AM

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