A recurring feature in which we take a look at U.S. occupations around the globe, via the viciously anti-American Stars & Stripes. Story #1:
- Ramstein airmen face courts-martial on indecent assault charges
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Two Ramstein Air Base airmen face courts-martial this month on charges of indecent assault stemming from an incident in a base dormitory. …
The two airmen allegedly committed the offenses against one female victim on Aug. 15 in an on-base dormitory, Young said.
Eh, the Nazi Kraut had it coming. Next up:
- Two sailors indicted in connection with theft of fishing boat in Japan
SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Nagasaki Prosecutor’s Office, Sasebo Branch, indicted two USS Fort McHenry sailors Friday in connection with the April 12 theft of a fishing boat.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Montayne Dutcher, 21, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon James Kelley, 20, were arrested April 12 when they were discovered inside the stolen boat after allegedly running the craft aground.
The indictment charges them in the theft of the boat and endangering traffic through negligence, according to a Japanese news report.
The indictment alleges that the two sailors stole the boat, worth about $139,000, around midnight April 12 while it was moored at in Kashimae Cho. It says they took the boat on a 40-minute joyride, then ran it aground damaging several parts.
Shortly after their arrest, an Ainoura police spokesman said the key was in the ignition when the sailors boarded the boat owned by a local seafood company.
Well, come on, the key was in the ignition! Boys will be boys! This sort of thing happens at fraternity houses all the time! Speaking of which:
- Alleged Okinawa intruder reportedly many times over legal intoxication limit
OKINAWA CITY, Okinawa — Okinawa prefectural police said they were holding in custody Monday a U.S. Marine for illegally entering an off-base apartment Sunday.
Cpl. Jerry R. Campbell Jr., 25, was arrested for trespassing at 5:20 a.m., as he stood outside the apartment in the Yaejima district of Okinawa City, a police spokesman said.
According to the police report, Campbell, a Camp Schwab-based Marine who tested nearly seven times the legal limit for public intoxication in Japan, wandered into a ground-floor apartment.
The 45-year-old woman living in the apartment said that after hearing a noise, she turned on the living room light and saw Campbell standing in the middle of the floor clad only in a T-shirt. …
Police officers found Campbell’s wallet, pants and soiled underwear in a flowerbed at the apartment complex, the police spokesman said.
Ingrates!