TOKYO — The U.S. Navy in Japan has eased a ban on drinking imposed after an American sailor was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Okinawa.
U.S. Naval Forces Japan said in a statement Friday that sailors are now allowed to drink on base as well as at their off-base houses. Other drinking off base is still prohibited.
The restrictions were imposed June 6 after the sailor drove the wrong way on a freeway and hit two other vehicles, injuring two people in the other cars.
The incident further fueled anti-U.S. base sentiment on the southern Japanese island that is home to about half the 50,000 American troops based in Japan.
Separately, a U.S. military contractor in Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of raping and killing a woman.
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Marine Raider veteran Elliot Ackerman talks loyalty, collapse and Stu Scheller.
A steady income and benefits, a desire to help, frequent moves and deployments, and more make military members and families particular targets of scammers.
The conspiracy entrapped veterans in exploitative loans, with interest rates as high as 240%.
The wreckage of the USS Jacob Jones was recently discovered off the southwest coast of England by a group of UK diving experts.
"It’s the provocative nature of the intercepts that’s got our attention, and we’re trying to understand it,” said Vice Adm. Karl Thomas.
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