This has to be one of the most unusual commands for someone to have, but it must suck to have to apologize for actions of civilian workers:

A U.S. military security contractor was killed last week in a drunken-driving crash in northern Japan, local Japanese officials confirmed Wednesday.The crash — the area’s second fatal alcohol-related incident in recent weeks — prompted the local mayor on Thursday to write to the U.S. Army commander of the Shariki Communications Site in Tsugaru, urging him to emphasize traffic safety among the staff at the rural base.

Greg A. Williams, 48, who worked for Chenega Security & Protection Services, died shortly after 11:30 p.m. Oct. 30 after his car smashed into a bridge pillar, flipped and burst into flames, officials said.

He was alone in the car; no one else was injured, officials said.

It took police several days to identify Williams, a police spokesman said. His blood-alcohol content was beyond the Japanese legal limit, which is 0.03 percent.

On Monday, the communications site commander, Capt. Kirby Atwell, visited Tsugaru mayor Hiroyoshi Fukushima to apologize, according to the city spokesman.  [Stars & Stripes]

The Shariki site is where an AN/TPY-2 radar is manned by a mostly civilian work force on a Japanese base.  The radar is used to track any incoming missiles from North Korea headed towards Japan.  It is a very rural location with the nearest US military base being in Misawa.