Tokyo (AP) - tired of rules limit freedom, their "most excellent" sailor, in Japan, the United States navy senior commander alleviate this month time limit. Only four days later, two sailors Okinawa accused of raping a small island with a long have a big American troops stationed in tensions there.
Now, in his first opinion, because the commander of the event, told the Associated Press, policy change is a review. But he also stood in his assessment, the American army in his watch display of professional and personal behavior "very high standards.
Navy said, the change of policy mentioned in against her apartment building outside of women did not make any difference. But the United States ambassador apologized at once, and for their first 52000 U.S. troops in Japan announced a new curfews circumstances led to intense anger in Okinawa and the Japanese government brought sharp rebuke.
The bubbling with noise, deepen a dilemma nagging, the U.S. military years: it want to improve their relationship in Okinawa, Japan and the United States the power of the most important one of the Pacific military outpost, but it also hope is fair sailor. Many Okinawa people believe that the army is not to be trusted performance his base, even though the crime rate drop, many sailors believe they because some notorious case was not fair judgment.
Less than a week before the rape has carried on the report, the seventh fleet commander admiral Scott swift and Chloe DE, the United States and Japan navy commander, rear admiral Dan issued a memo to end the nearly ten years of the "free card" plan, the provision that quitting time by sailors in Japan's activities.
They say, this plan to lower sailors ", if they are engaged in improper behavior ", actually rarely sailor "there are difficulties, adhere to the minimum standard of behavior.
"The decision to cancel the free card program is to realize that our sailors is overwhelming most excellent," commander said, on October 12, memos, lower other leaders will be able to maintain a small some potential troublemaker consistent.
Alleged rape reported on October 16,. On Tuesday in a statement to the Associated Press, Chloe's stand in his memo in the proposed evaluation.
"Our sailors the vast majority are show pressure fall sexual performance is outstanding, and service and living in Japan," he said in a statement, event began his first public to solicit their opinions. "We have concentrated training, strengthen a very high standard of service all the members of the professional and personal behavior, in Japan and around the world."
After last week's rape charges, in Japan's U.S. commander, will Angelella el Salvador, announced on the national all American military personnel of curfew time from 11 PM to morning 05 point, will have to take "core values training".
Chloe's navy is also review the free policy. But the commander. Kenneth Marshall, the American commander, the Japanese navy spokesman told the Associated Press, free card policy loose will not affect the criminal suspect, because their squadron is still in the executive it - a senior commander options left low top leaders.
"This is the real violent crime investigation: if these reports are true, these behavior is completely ignored the personal moral and ethical standards, the American service members expectations," he said.
Okinawa police accused of seaman's Athens, Texas, Christopher Browning and noncommissioned officer third class Skyler Dozierwalker muskogee, Oklahoma, in her 20 s rape and robbed a local women in her apartment last week. Sailor, 23, Japan temporary deployed their own units, VR - 59 reserve team based on air joint naval air station voss fort, Texas.
According to the police is introduced, and two men arrived in Okinawa two days ago short stay, live in base outside the hotel. According to reports, they drink suspected rape happened before, 3 to 4 o 'clock in the morning, they are now in Japan detention waiting for trial.
The U.S. military in Okinawa existence, this is one of the main battlefield in the second world war by the American management territory, until 1972, rich. (state) 1.4 million hosts about 28000 American troops - mainly is the marines and air force personnel, smaller sailors and marines team. Us military base hold nearly 20% of the main island of Okinawa.
In Okinawa anger has risen, because the army decision deployment in the marines MV - 22 "fish hawk" mixed the plane to the base last month, although the last two times after the collapse of and other places of safety issues, local residents opposition. Tens of thousands of demonstrators against deployment, in the next few years the biggest rebound.
But crime has long been the most sensitive trigger in Okinawa military anti-americanism.
Rape a 12-year-old girl students, two marines and sailors in 1995 sparked huge outcry. This leads to military regulations extensive review and agreement, in order to reduce in Okinawa, including plan will island of Okinawa the territory of Guam or other Pacific region about 9000 marines military footprint. The plan not yet implemented.
In the past ten years, in the base of Okinawa related crime has generally decline.
According to Okinawa the release of the government's statistics, from 2008 in 13 felonious crime - murder, rape, arson and violence - to the number of robbery service members or their families Okinawa down four last year's overall crime figures have since 2003 dropped by about 50%, and remained stable.
Extension, Okinawa on the basic relations between departments, Kobashigawa, said U.S. troops and their families, and all the crime in Okinawa accounts for 1%. And he said, behold, in the past three years, and no rape had two sexual assault Okinawa U.S. personnel since 2008, there are four cases.
Downtick overall crime, however, a slight change to the view of Okinawa.




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