Posted on May 31, 2016

U.S. troops in Okinawa face liberty, alcohol crackdown after crimes

MGySgt James Forward

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Once again, the many pay for the crimes of the few. I don't understand why any Service member would want to inflict this type punishment on others. This has occurred in the past, with the mixed result of also punishing many of the local restaurant's and other establishments (bars). It's an economic whammy on the local population. They need the American's to spend their money and balance the sensitive political situation on Okinawa. By the way: giving everyone classes does not help. We need to go back to the liberty buddy system. You go on liberty with your buddy and you come back with him or her together; your buddy is your conscious! . We have to be better. Semper Fi!

U.S. troops in Okinawa face liberty, alcohol crackdown after crimes

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LCpl Lloyd Lesperance

Posted 8 y ago

When I was stationed in Okinawa in the late 90's, we may have not had the buddy system but we always kept our selves in check. If someone you knew what getting stupid you stepped in an got them into a cab and send them back to base, we would tell the cab drivers to take him to the gate and we would have called to have someone to meet them at the gate.

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The problem with the Marines they have been pushing out recently think that watching the backs of their fellow Marines means trying to cover something up and not letting the command know about things that happen. When they should be trying to stop the incident in its entirety before it can occur. They are looking out for them the wrong way. Then there are just the ones that don't know any better and instead of weighing the outcome they want to learn the hard way and everyone pays for their actions. I can honestly say I think most of the time it's the way they were raised and they just don't know better because they think their fellow Marines might think they will be asking a dumb question. I think the only dumb question is the one never asked.

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