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03-01-2022, 01:39 PM
BY MATTHEW M. BURKE AND HANA KUSUMOTO• STARS AND STRIPES • DECEMBER 27, 2021
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Okinawa’s governor criticized U.S. military discipline on Monday as a coronavirus cluster at Camp Hansen stemming from a rotational Marine Corps unit grew to 260 cases.
Gov. Denny Tamaki, speaking to reporters at the prefectural offices in Naha, said he was alarmed by a pair of service member drunken driving arrests from the past week, especially after imploring the military to follow all guidelines because of the new infections.
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Tamaki also doubled down on his request for the U.S. to take additional preventative measures against COVID-19. Last week, he asked III Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. James Bierman Jr. to stop flying in new personnel. He also requested that all Hansen workers be tested for the virus, and that U.S. personnel be barred from leaving the base.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed his dismay on Wednesday that the Marines had not been tested prior to arriving in Okinawa aboard a U.S. government flight.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pa...97838.html
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Okinawa’s governor criticized U.S. military discipline on Monday as a coronavirus cluster at Camp Hansen stemming from a rotational Marine Corps unit grew to 260 cases.
Gov. Denny Tamaki, speaking to reporters at the prefectural offices in Naha, said he was alarmed by a pair of service member drunken driving arrests from the past week, especially after imploring the military to follow all guidelines because of the new infections.
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Tamaki also doubled down on his request for the U.S. to take additional preventative measures against COVID-19. Last week, he asked III Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. James Bierman Jr. to stop flying in new personnel. He also requested that all Hansen workers be tested for the virus, and that U.S. personnel be barred from leaving the base.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed his dismay on Wednesday that the Marines had not been tested prior to arriving in Okinawa aboard a U.S. government flight.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pa...97838.html
