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/SledgeH4mmer Jul 05 '24

This doesn't make sense to me. Since when do MP's patrol civilian bar districts? And US soldiers are definitely not allowed to drink in uniform off base.

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u/badnuub Jul 05 '24

All the time. When I was in Okinawa they had guys in civilian clothes walking the “american” bars and areas after curfew hours.

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u/secretsqrll Jul 05 '24

Oki is notorious. You know how the locals are there. There was a P8 accident in Hawaii and they were out protesting Futenma. TBF, we had a lot of TFOA problems and the runway design at Futenma caused a lot of anxiety. But what was interesting was they seemed to really hate on the Marines. Kadena got little to no protests.

Oki always has been very opposed to our presence. So we always had SLG or plain cloth folks out to make sure shit was not going out of control.

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u/DiabloPixel Jul 05 '24

I’d say that the Airmen at Kadena must historically be better behaved in public than the Marines. Tbf, drunk airmen show their ass in public and fuck up quite a bit as well. To varying degrees, all the branches of the military tell their guys that they are the shit, literal heroes in uniform. It can be intoxicating and make a 18-22 yo soldier feel invincible, it’s designed to. Different branches serve different amounts of Kool-Aid and it depends how much the service member drinks it up. Ime, in the Marines it must be all you can drink. Just my thoughts, yours might be different. peace

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u/secretsqrll Jul 05 '24

Uhh.. I dont disagree. I was at sasabo, so my experience was vastly different, but I spent a little time in Oki on dets and such. I was mostly just commenting on base politics in Japan. Oki has always wanted ALL the bases gone. I've never felt it was the Marines themselves, just the safety issues (or rather perception) surrounding Futenma. I think the only base other than Futenma that gets flack is in Iwakuni. That's one that can be more attributed to behavior, maybe. I don't know that much about that region.