U.S. military to lift alcohol restrictions for personnel in Japan

Saturday 12th April, 05:22 AM JST

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rjd_jr at 07:36 AM JST - 12th April

Uh-oh, alcohol and testosterone filled young men, not a good combo!
some14some at 08:22 AM JST - 12th April

Good news for U.S. Military personnel also congratulations for being in Top News stories ever since JT relaunched its website on 24th Mar.,2008
lipscombe at 09:00 AM JST - 12th April

lets see what mischief they can get up to this weekend after a long dry spell
skipthesong at 09:57 AM JST - 12th April

uniformed service personnel stationed in Okinawa" Does this mean they would be wearing uniforms while drinking? If yes, then that's a good thing, isn't it? At least they would be able to ID the service a wrong doer is in.
tyedyed at 11:04 AM JST - 12th April

Good news for U.S. Military personnel also congratulations for being in Top News stories ever since JT relaunched its website on 24th Mar.,2008

Yea, hooray for yellow journalism
tyedyed at 11:06 AM JST - 12th April

Uh-oh, alcohol and testosterone filled young men, not a good combo!

Uh oh, xenophobia and rumor mill JMedia on the way back. Not a good combo!
VoXman at 11:13 AM JST - 12th April

My uniform of choice when drinking is my "big Johnson T-shirt".
VoXman at 11:16 AM JST - 12th April

lets see what mischief they can get up to this weekend after a long dry spell

Yea, good thing, because the number of alcohol incidents by locals was starting to climb at an alarming rate.
okapake at 11:53 AM JST - 12th April

skipthesong - When they say "uniformed service personnel" they mean those who are actually in the services. US military personel are not allowed to wear uniforms off-base while on leave or liberty, even during normal lunch hours. They can be in uniform going base to base or to and from their off-base housing. Never other unless for official duty purposes.
Loki520 at 12:00 PM JST - 12th April

Uniformed services personnel is just another way of saving "military member".

You all need to remember this is a lifting of OFF base drinking prohibitions. They are not suffering from a "long dry spell", because they have been able to drink ON base.
skipthesong at 12:01 PM JST - 12th April

okapake: thanks for the clarification. I guess it won't be like those old movies with guys getting drunk in uniforms then.
Zer00 at 04:25 PM JST - 12th April

run.... while you can! :)
Sarge at 09:25 PM JST - 12th April

Kampai!
Sarge at 09:26 PM JST - 12th April

Kampai, and, as Robocop would say, stay out of trouble!
jambon at 10:01 PM JST - 12th April

Ho! How stringently was this enforced?