Photo Credit to RuetersI was recently reading the U.S. Government Accountability Office website & came across a report regarding a plan to move U.S. troops out of Japan. Some 8,000 troops along with 9,000 or so kin will be relocated to Guam.
From the gao.gov website...
Why GAO Did This Study? To reduce the burden of the U.S. military presence on Japanese communities while maintaining a continuing presence of U.S. forces in the region, in 2005 and 2006 the U.S.-Japan Defense Policy Review Initiative outlined the effort to relocate American military units in Japan to other areas, including Guam. The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to move 8,000 Marines and an estimated 9,000 dependents from Okinawa, Japan, to Guam by the 2014 goal.
Maybe it is obvious, but if not... I believe this trail of stories will give a better idea as to what "To reduce the burden of the U.S. military presence on Japanese communities" means.
U.S. Marine in Japan found guilty of 'indecent acts' ~International Herald Tribune
4 U.S. Marines face courts martial ~CNN
U.S. Marine held over Japan rape ~BBC
U.S. Marine free in Japan rape case ~LiveLeak
Looks like this monkey has gone right back to the 'no oversight' subject... It is starting to feel like the Simpson's episode when the family has to mark yet another place they can't visit off the map. Thanks, dicks.
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