Pentagon could face mandate to address Okinawa troop crime concerns

[rangerrebew]

Pentagon could face mandate to address Okinawa troop crime concerns

By BRIAN MCELHINEY AND HANA KUSUMOTO STARS AND STRIPES •

 September 5, 2025

 The Defense Department could be required to study ways to prevent criminal conduct by U.S. troops stationed on Okinawa under a draft defense policy bill advanced by the House Armed Services Committee. The measure, sent to the full House this summer, directs the Pentagon to evaluate the effectiveness of existing programs and policies aimed at curbing crimes by service members on the island. “The committee remains concerned by sexual assault cases involving U.S. military servicemembers stationed in Okinawa, Japan, and reports that the Okinawa Prefectural Government and the local community were not promptly informed,” the committee wrote in an Aug. 19 report accompanying the bill. The bill, totaling $848 billion, differs from the Senate Armed Services Committee’s version, which adds $32 billion and makes no mention of Okinawa. Lawmakers must reconcile the two drafts before passing the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which sets defense priorities.

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[Cyber Liberty]

If US soldiers are raping locals and committing other crimes, they should be prosecuted for it.  Soldiers being deployed should be given orientation of local laws and customs before being allowed off base, too.

[Timber Rattler]

If US soldiers are raping locals and committing other crimes, they should be prosecuted for it.  Soldiers being deployed should be given orientation of local laws and customs before being allowed off base, too.

Yeah. The only way the DoD can stop all service member crime against the locals is to restrict all troops to base all the time and that won't work.  But the Japanese have a very rigid and very tough judicial and penal system, so showing them exactly what would be in store to them should they break any local laws might reinforce to them that you don't mess with the Japanese and their latent Bushido Code.

[Cyber Liberty]

Yeah. The only way the DoD can stop all service member crime against the locals is to restrict all troops to base all the time and that won't work.  But the Japanese have a very rigid and very tough judicial and penal system, so showing them exactly what would be in store to them should they break any local laws might reinforce to them that you don't mess with the Japanese and their latent Bushido Code.

Russia can be pretty tough too, just ask that tranny Basketball player who thought a joint was no big deal.  Sloe Joe traded a well known arms trade AKA "The Merchant of Death" to get his sorry azz back!