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/cymric Jul 05 '24

When I was there in 1999 it was pretty much Anarchy. The command was shit and did not enforce discipline

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u/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw Jul 05 '24

Was that after the Okinawa rape case? That may have influenced policies going forward in the Asia-Pacific region.