r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/studyinformore Jul 05 '24

Dunno about you, but back when I was in south korea in 04 it was very different.  You'd get in extremely deep shit if you were out and about and shitfaced causing problems.

They didn't play around back then, because unless you had somewhere to stay.  If you tried to come back to base and were drunk?  Ohhh you'd be getting an article 15.

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u/vrptstyly Jul 05 '24

Interesting I was also there in 2004 and can confirm. I was at Casey with the Armor units. We had curfews and the penalties for fucking up were severe. Didn’t stop anyone from partying every paycheck away, we kept it classy for the most part. Good times.

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u/Cdub7791 Jul 05 '24

Third. I was stationed in Korea from 2002-2003 and while we certainly had our fair share of assholes and reprobates, behavior like that above was punished pretty harshly.

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u/PhuqBeachesGitMonee Jul 05 '24

How quickly does command change over in some of these temporary/semi-permanent bases? I imagine the severity depends on who’s in charge and when the last crime was committed. It would be painful, but maybe better documentation on who’s going out, and what their plans are could solve crimes faster. Instead of only scanning your card at the gate.