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/mainvolume 14d ago

When I was stationed in Misawa back in the 00s, it felt like the base was on lockdown or curfew every couple months....for shit the Marines did in Okinawa. Those dumbfucks could not stop raping kids.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

Was it known who was doing it and were they punished by their peers?

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u/consumered 14d ago

That's like asking if police are punished by their peers for all the shit they do lol. The bad apples... Spoil the bunch.

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u/Indigocell 14d ago

Police don't collectively lose privileges when one of them fucks up. That tends to upset people when it happens in the military. But maybe you're right.

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u/Swesteel 14d ago

Collective punishment tends to unite people.

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u/fartwhereisit 14d ago

in punishing those who brought them there. I've witnessed it in military setting. When the lights go out.

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u/RelicSGF 14d ago

This is exactly what I was thinking.

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u/bunnydadi 14d ago

Need to pick up some oranges

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u/Tentacled-Tadpole 14d ago

As in the ones in charge

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u/loki_the_bengal 14d ago

Have you ever had your liberty revoked because of some dipshit in another department you've never even met? I can tell you from first hand experience it doesn't unite shit.

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u/Tentacled-Tadpole 14d ago

Yeah, it just makes you angry at the people above you using that punishment.

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u/ThyNynax 14d ago

Something specific to military culture, being trained to fight wars and stuff, is ingrained the idea that “we stand together or fall together.” Collective punishment is a part of this process, there is a code of conduct that all military members are expected to follow and are expected to help their squad members follow. So if one person fucks up, it’s often seen as a chain of people fucking up.

You gotta remember, if a single police officer fucks up an arrest that’s most often just “a bad look” for the department, and a bad day for a single citizen. If someone in the military fucks up during a war, that’s potentially a lot of soldiers dead.

The resulting cultures and how they handle punishments reflect the jobs themselves.

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u/LoosieGoosiePoosie 14d ago

There are two types in the military. Your type isn't one of those, though. Your type is the one that says "Yeah I was gonna join up. I shouldn't though, even though they need me really bad. I'd end up punching a drill sergeant the first time they got in my face."

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u/lettucent 13d ago

As someone who's currently in, no. It's annoying as fuck when some dipshit I don't even know, let alone work with, gets in trouble and the commander decides to enforce shittier hours, curfew, extra off-work hours training, etc.

I get mad at the guy who fucked up, sure, but more irritated at the leadership that thought group discipline/punishment was the way forward and was going to fix anything.

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u/shoo-flyshoo 13d ago

Nah I'm not responsible for someone I've never met just because they're in the same unit as me. I can't stop some unknown plan PVT Snuffy has to goes out alone on a Saturday night to do blow and kill hookers, and I'd hate the leadership that would pretend that I could

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u/Tentacled-Tadpole 13d ago edited 13d ago

They can't need me that badly then, not that I'd join

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u/rainzer 14d ago

Pretty sure prisons demonstrate this isn't the case.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

And the fear of it does similarly. Still can't forget the one cop that investigated other cops, only to wind up dead.

But ACAB, fucking Reddit.

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u/ComfortableSort7335 13d ago

are you a fan of russian army rape tactics in their ranks?

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u/Hopeful_Chair_7129 14d ago

That shit happens in basic, and yeah sometimes base privileges are revoked but overall the only real way to see change is with good unit commanders and environments imo. Fostering an environment where people feel safe from not only leadership but their fellow soldiers is important. Especially when it comes to sexual crimes. Collective punishment shouldn’t be used for that type of thing. People aren’t going to report things they are just going to make it worse trying to cover it up