Posts Tagged With: Okinawa
Neighboring Villagers On Okinawa In Favor of Building New US Marine Base
» by GI Korea February 17th, 2012 at 9:23 am » Comments (1)
I find the issue of relocating of US Marines on Okinawa interesting because the plan to base US Marines on a new facility in a less populated area of Okinawa ...more »Plan Calls for Okinawa Based Marines To Rotate Through Korea
» by GI Korea February 7th, 2012 at 7:17 am » Comments (14)
Now the delays and changes to the US plan to relocate Marines from the island now involves Korea: Some U.S. marines stationed in Okinawa will likely move to South Korea under ...more »Okinawa Plan Modified To Base Marines In Australia, Philippines, & Guam
» by GI Korea February 4th, 2012 at 5:04 pm » Comments (0)
It looks like at least the US Marines are going to have a base in the Philippines again: The Obama administration is preparing to scale back a stalled U.S. military plan ...more »US Air Force NCO Sentenced for Murder of Fellow NCO On Okinawa
» by GI Korea February 2nd, 2012 at 4:57 pm » Comments (14)
Here is an update on the murder of a US Air Force NCO on Okinawa that ROK Heads pretty much deduced what happened before the facts became known: [caption id="" align="alignnone" ...more »Japanese Government Subsidizes Okinawa To the Tune of $4,500 A Person
» by GI Korea January 17th, 2012 at 7:06 am » Comments (3)
The Japanese government is trying to show the Okinawans the money: Japan is planning to shovel billions of dollars in unrestricted funding on Okinawa this year in hopes of buying public ...more »Marines On Okinawa Ordered Not To Drink After Midnight
» by GI Korea September 10th, 2011 at 9:09 am » Comments (6)
Here is a major change for servicemembers stationed on Okinawa: Marines on Okinawa are no longer allowed to drink alcohol after midnight at off-base bars and restaurants, according to a revised ...more »Was Agent Orange Spilled On Okinawa?
» by GI Korea August 14th, 2011 at 2:11 am » Comments (6)
Via a reader tip comes news that now former US military veterans that served on Okinawa claim that Agent Orange was buried there: In the late 1960s, the U.S. military buried ...more »US Diplomat Removed For Okinawa Comments
» by GI Korea March 11th, 2011 at 4:05 pm » Comments (30)
UPDATE: You can read a comment from Maher's twin sister left on this thread. It is looking like the students who listened to Maher's speech may have totally fabricated what ...more »Hatoyama Finds Expedient Excuse For Base Policy Shift
» by GI Korea February 17th, 2011 at 9:46 pm » Comments (0)
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama really is the Roh Moo-hyun of Japan: Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's remarks to the effect that he cited the deterrent role of U.S. ...more »Okinawa Airman Likely Murdered
» by GI Korea February 8th, 2011 at 3:57 am » Comments (28)
It will be interesting to see how this investigation turns out: The Air Force confirmed Monday the identity of a Kadena airman found dead in an off-base apartment over the weekend. The ...more »




