Seems like this record has been played before: U.S. Navy able seaman arrested for taxi driver’s murder YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa — A U.S. Navy able seaman was arrested Thursday for the murder last month of Tokyo taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi, Kanagawa Prefectural Police said. Murder suspect, U.S. Navy able seaman Olantunbosun
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Game over………..
Under the category of-it sucks to be this guy: Police to seek arrest warrant for US sailor Japanese police will seek an arrest warrant for a US sailor who has reportedly admitted to killing a taxi driver last month in Yokosuka, near Tokyo. The taxi driver, Masaaki Takahashi, was found
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Is where the US Army is going. At first I thought this was an April fool’s post. Then, sadly, I realized the Army was serious about it. Dogs and cats living together-in Iraq! What’s next-giving married couples staterooms on ships? Thanks DACOWITS! Thanks for nothing!
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Wistfully, with the resigned sadness that comes from confronting a decision that comes down to what you have to do weighed against what you want to do-I have been going through all my stuff in preparation for the upcoming move. ( Destination TBA-but probably back to the land of my
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If you are in the US or Japanese Navy, yesterday was just not a good day. On the US side: Lions and tigers and metal detectors oh my! That’s right, make sure you have a clean pair of boxers on if you are going through the gate of Yokosuka Naval
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I think the Aegis and Furuno radars have been explained to death on NHK this evening. Here is why: MINAMIBOSO, Chiba — A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer collided with a fishing boat off the coast of Chiba early Tuesday, splitting the fishing boat in two and leaving a father
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Run! In the opposite direction as fast as you can! Here is a little tidbit I came across in my surfing. Remember this picture and these words-the next time one of those briefing teams from the Bureau of Naval Personnel comes around and tries to tell you what a “good
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Interesting, that this happens right after Stars and Stripes runs an article where the powers that be congratulate themselves on how the curfews have worked. TOKYO, Japan (CNN) — A U.S. Marine based on Okinawa has been detained in connection with the reported rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl, the
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Russian Bear bombers on the prowl that is. Back in the day, yours truly was awakened from romancing his cruise sock to race to the alert bird, gear in hand-with the goal of getting airborne in 30 minutes of less. The Russians were coming! The Russians were coming! Usually we
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I came across this little dissertation over at the League of Disgruntled Majors . This post is dedicated to my long suffering friends on a certain aging, round bottom vessel, the only amphibious ship in Yokosuka, who are long suffering under the leadership (and I use the term loosely) of one
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