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No booze for you: Drinking banned for U.S. Navy sailors in Japan
http://www.mcclatchydc.com ^ | 6/6/16

Posted on 06/06/2016 2:47:09 PM PDT by BBell

U.S. Navy sailors in Japan can say goodbye to their sake.

Following an alleged drunk driving incident by a 21-year-old Petty Officer 2nd Class Aimee Mejia, the Navy announced Monday that drinking alcohol would be banned for all 19,000 personnel in Japan.

Imbibing will be banned both on and off base, and sailors will no longer be able to freely leave their bases. Leaving base grounds will be allowed only for running necessary errands, or commuting from an off-base home.

"These measures are not taken lightly," said Rear Adm. Matthew Carter. "For decades, we have enjoyed a strong relationship with the people of Japan. It is imperative that each sailor understand how our actions affect that relationship, and the U.S.-Japan alliance as a whole."

Mejia’s vehicle allegedly crossed the center line on a freeway on the island of Okinawa before striking two other vehicles. She was not injured in the crash, but two people in the other cars were.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan
KEYWORDS: drinkingbanned; japan; nobooze; usnavy
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To: BBell

Group punishment has been a hallmark of the military for a very long time. This isn’t new.


61 posted on 06/06/2016 6:36:59 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: BBell
Mass punishments were never a thing I enjoyed. One of the many reasons why I got out after my 4.

It was one of the many reasons I retired right dead on 20 years. I never liked it much. Never will.

62 posted on 06/06/2016 7:07:51 PM PDT by Mark17 (I traded my shackles for a glorious song. I'm free, praise the Lord, free at last.)
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To: 2111USMC

The funny thing is that when I was in the Marine Corps Infantry I used to love to jerk my fellow Marine’s chains by referring to us as Naval Infantry. I have always been a sarcastic smart a$$. I didn’t do well in the infantry. But I had my corp of good buddies. We used to refer to the mission of the Marine Corp as being field day Thursday evening and inspection on Friday morning. I was in during the Reagan years and everyone was so scared of Reagan that it was a boring time to be a Jarhead.


63 posted on 06/06/2016 7:37:05 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: Future Snake Eater

The beatings will continue until moral improves


64 posted on 06/06/2016 7:38:11 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: BBell
... field day Thursday evening and inspection on Friday morning..

LOL!

So true!

65 posted on 06/06/2016 7:40:48 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: Mark17
I could not have taken 20 years as a Marine grunt. My mouth would have eventually gotten me in trouble. The peace time infantry (Reagan years) was too monotonous. Peace time Marine Infantry is like a never ending boot camp.

Infantry training school (ITS) made boot camp seem like a cake walk. There was a reason why ITS was called fourth phase boot camp.

66 posted on 06/06/2016 7:44:55 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: 2111USMC

I did not like you armorers much. You all got promoted too fast and gave us too much shit when we were tired from an extended exercise and all we wanted to do was turn our weapons in and go on liberty.


67 posted on 06/06/2016 7:49:37 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: BBell

Don’t feel bad. We were such pricks we even did it to each other!


68 posted on 06/06/2016 7:52:54 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: Delta 21
Never give an order you know will not be obeyed.

But what if they are not in uniform? They should have written all Navy Military personnel.

69 posted on 06/06/2016 7:56:59 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Held my nose to vote.)
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To: 2111USMC

Do you remember how you could always tell an M 16 that belonged to a line company Marine as opposed to an M16 that belonged to a weapons company Marine?


70 posted on 06/06/2016 7:58:08 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: BBell

O-k, I’ll bite. How’s that?


71 posted on 06/06/2016 8:00:36 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: 2111USMC
The line company Marines had nothing to clean but their M 16 so most of their M16s did not have much bluing left on them.

I was in a HMG platoon in a Weapons company. I kid you not, I was in about 3 years before I ever saw an M2 browning with blueing on it. I thought they came light gray and shiny. But the M2 browning was always the biggest hit at the dog and pony shows. Every WWII, Korean, or Vietnam vet knew the M2 well no matter what their MOS. I heard more war stories about the M2 browning then I can even remember.

BTW, the manual says you can clean the M2 browning with hot soapy water. We and STA platoon shared an open squad bay right behind the company office because we were the smallest platoons in the company,excluding H&S. One time the first sergeant (MSGT) walked by the the showers and almost shit himself when he saw us cleaning our machine guns in the shower. We used to take toilet brushes and flatten them and use them to clean the guns while we were in the showers. But everyone of us had the page number memorized giving us permission to use hot soapy water. He walked away.

We did not have dry cleaning solvent at our armory but they had it in fifty five gallon drums at San Onofre where ITS was at. If we were in the area we used to fill up empty .50 cal ammo cans full of dry cleaning solvent so we could use it at our barracks. We never brought in on the armory grounds though.

72 posted on 06/06/2016 8:27:46 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: BBell

Another case of the people that we are supposed to protect with the lives of our troops being hateful to those troops.

Trump is correct. Let’s go home and bugger the lot of them. The Japanese are rich and take advantage of us, the Germans are richer and won’t even think of having a real military as long as they can sponge from us.

Time these folks get back to reality. If you want our help then be nice to us.


73 posted on 06/06/2016 8:37:06 PM PDT by wjr123
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To: BBell

Does the Crotch have accompanied tours now?
They sure did not in the “Old Corps.”

In my company on Okie we had one guy who had a motorcycle
and one Sgt. who was married to a local woman and had a car.
Some of the officers and staff NCOs had cars.

Of course the Air Force had accompanied tours and would ship households and cars.
I had to have my parents mail some of my uniforms and civvies to me and then mail back to them when I left because I had more than the 65 pound
maximum weight limit.


74 posted on 06/06/2016 10:00:20 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: BBell

This is long saying no bar girls in Olongapo City during the Vietnam War!


75 posted on 06/06/2016 10:10:14 PM PDT by longhorn too
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To: BBell

Sorry, my source is ironclad. It does not extend to the USMC, the Army, or the Air Force. However, the Marines at US Navy bases have indicated that they will show “solidarity” with the directive.


76 posted on 06/06/2016 11:08:00 PM PDT by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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To: Rockpile

If you were not issued armor,sword and a musket in boot camp you are not “Old Corps”.


77 posted on 06/07/2016 9:21:16 AM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: BBell

Back in my day by cracky we fought mastodons with pointed sticks.


78 posted on 06/07/2016 2:33:18 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: BBell
But dressing up as women and screwing each other in the anus with dildos is "celebrated."
79 posted on 06/07/2016 3:51:43 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Rockpile
Back in my day by cracky we fought mastodons with pointed sticks.

LOL! O.K., you are Old Corps.

80 posted on 06/07/2016 5:51:30 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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