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Comment by navymom3 on November 28, 2012 at 12:10am

This is the info I read.

Two more US servicemen were arrested in Japan on Friday, police said, as anti-American sentiment runs high following the rape of a woman in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.

Police in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, arrested 23-year-old US sailor Oscar Hayes Wiygul III on suspicion of public indecency after he allegedly walked around naked in an Internet cafe.

The sailor is believed to have violated a night-time curfew imposed by the US military on all its servicemen in Japan after two US navy sailors were arrested on charges of raping a woman in Okinawa in October.

That case prompted an outcry in Okinawa, the reluctant host to more than half of the 47,000 military personnel the US has in Japan.

In a separate incident Friday, police arrested Fernandez Luis, a 27-year-old marine serving at the Futenma Air Base in Okinawa, on suspicion of drunk driving, a local police spokeswoman said.

Luis's arrest came after a Japanese woman complained that her car had been hit by the suspect's car, the spokeswoman said. Jiji Press said the suspect denied the allegations, while no one was injured in the accident.

The latest incidents are likely to further fuel anti-US sentiments in the country, particularly in Okinawa.

Washington sees Okinawa as a vital strategic stronghold in the region, but islanders are fed up with shouldering what they say is a disproportionate burden for the Japan-US relationship.

The incidents also come amid swelling protests over the deployment of Osprey aircraft, with locals voicing concerns about the plane's perceived poor safety record.

In September tens of thousands of people rallied against the tilt-rotor Osprey, which can take off and land like a helicopter and fly like a plane.

Comment by navymom3 on November 28, 2012 at 12:09am

I know they tightened curfew more and no drinking even in your own place after 11pm. A sailor and a marine had issues in Okinawa the other day. So they tighten them all.

Comment by Beth89 on November 27, 2012 at 11:29pm

Anyone hear anything on the Mustin?  My son also has leave in a couple of weeks

Comment by idahojeep on November 27, 2012 at 11:08pm

Does anyone know if anything is going on in Yokosuka?  The Fitz's FB page told everyone to contact their LPO immediately and then the kids' Christmas party was cancelled.  I hope nothing is going on since my one son has leave coming up in a couple weeks.

Comment by Mike's Mom (S-PACT/Yokosuka,JP) on November 24, 2012 at 4:50pm

Congrats to your daughter, Corina!

Comment by idahojeep on November 21, 2012 at 8:23pm

Congrats Corina and thank you Amberwaves!

Comment by Corina on November 21, 2012 at 7:50pm

My daughter also made petty officer 3rd class. CS3. So happy for her.

Comment by idahojeep on November 21, 2012 at 4:27pm

I'd better get to work on getting the tree up!  :)

Comment by idahojeep on November 21, 2012 at 4:25pm

I am glad for all of you that get phone calls.  We skype when we can but I have not heard from either of my sons in almost 2 months.  I think they have been out according to the FB page of the Fitz.  Have a great Thanksgiving all!

Comment by idahojeep on November 21, 2012 at 2:19pm

The list must be out.  My son posted on his FB page that he is now a Petty Officer 3rd class!  He also posted on his twin brother's page that he is on the list too.  So now we have two CTR3s in Yokosuka.  I think that is the correct way to write it.  So proud of them!

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