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You’d think after a suspected rape, and the firestorm of protests outside the gates from the local community, that the service members stationed in Okinawa might try to keep a low-profile. Apparently, one Marine didn’t get the memo and went out for a night of drinking. His night ended with him allegedly breaking into a Japanese home and passing out. From Mainichi:

NAGO, Okinawa — A U.S. Marine Corps corporal was arrested Monday after he broke into a Nago home and fell asleep in a drunken slumber, police said.

Corp. Sean Jake, stationed at Camp Schwab in Nago, was arrested for trespassing.

The 21-year-old Marine denies the allegations, but his arrest comes at a time when anti-American sentiment in Okinawa is high following the arrest last weekend of another Marine accused of raping a schoolgirl.

“I don’t remember a thing,” police quoted Jake as saying.

Police said they received a call from a Nago woman early Monday, saying that there was “a foreign stranger sleeping in my house.” Officers rushed to the scene and arrested the Marine.

They are currently questioning him about how he got into the house. He did not cause any damage. The house he was allegedly found in is close to Camp Schwab.

UPDATE: Stars & Stripes is reporting in addition to the incident above, another Marine was arrested by Japanese police for driving drunk.

Whenever something goes nuts in Yokosuka, we all tend to get together at quarters and remind ourselves “all eyes are on us, do not screw up!” Why couldn’t the same have been done for this Marine? Don’t they have liberty buddies when they drink like we do?

Normally, I’d say the case wasn’t enough to warrant something crazy like Individual Liberty Plans (ILPs), but I almost think it would help out. I know I bitched about them for quite a while, but it did do some good here, and it wasn’t permanent. Maybe something similar could be put into place down there, to at least show the local government that we’re doing something to remind service members of the important roles they fulfill here in Japan.

If that wasn’t bad enough, a few of the service members around Kadena really showed the rest of the world how mature they are in dealing with this sensitive situation. Now I don’t know the details, but I have to assume the reporter that wrote this story was an attractive Japanese woman and not making much of an effort to let the military folks she was talking to know she was from the Japanese press.

Mainichi has another article about the outrage of fellow US service members over the alleged rape in Okinawa. Of course, to really achieve their anti-US slant, they went to talk to the military guys who were hanging at the local clubs and bars outside Kadena. Stupidity ensued when the reporter talked to a 22 year old Airman:

Around the U.S. military’s Kadena base shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, neon signs lit up bars and night-clubs frequented by American soldiers. Inside one bar whose pumping music could be heard on the street outside, a 22-year-old U.S. Air Force member who was with another soldier and two Japanese women discussed the alleged attack.

The 22-year-old started off by saying he wanted people to know that air force members were different from Marines. He said that airmen are more gentlemanly than seaman or soldiers, adding that the air force is the hardest branch of the U.S. military to enter. He seemed to be suggesting that airmen could not commit such a crime.

In case anyone was wondering, this is why they tell us NOT TO TALK TO THE MEDIA! I’m really not offended by his comment about Sailors, I’m just amazed that this guy didn’t think before he opened his mouth. I know what was happening. The dude and his buddy are out, with some typical gaijin-chasing Japanese bar crawlers, and they’re feeling pretty good about themselves. Another Japanese woman starts talking to them and never missing an opportunity to mack on a pretty lady, they start discrediting the other services in an effort to get laid. Thanks assholes! It may not seem like much, but the article was originally published in a Japanese language publication, so now the Japanese have another perspective on the US military, and since it’s provided by one of their own, it must be true.

If there are any Airmen in Kadena reading this, please listen to me. Look at your fellow Airman and tell him or her to shut the fuck up! If someone starts talking about sensitive issues, change the subject or end the conversation altogether. Do not sacrifice your fellow brothers and sisters in an attempt to hook up.

Some Navy guys got their two cents into the article as well:

Back on the street, a group of several people who were drunk, making strange noises appeared. One, describing himself as a 23-year-old seaman, said that after the alleged crime, superiors had instructed servicemen not to do anything on the streets that stood out. He said that all of his friends had been angered by the incident.

One 32-year-old seaman also criticized Hadnott’s alleged actions, saying the Marine had injured a girl who was young enough to be his daughter and should pay for the crime. The seaman said there were those in the military who sympathized with the victim, but none who sympathized with Hadnott

First, let me thank Seaman Retard for acting like an idiot in front of the local media. Bravo Zulu on being an ambassador to Japan, moron. Secondly, while the other guy thought he might have been helping by telling the Japanese how most of us sympathize with the victim, he’s just falling into the trap of judging a person guilty, when none of us have any idea what is going on. STOP TALKING TO THE MEDIA! You’re causing more harm than good, at a time where we need all the positive attention we can possibly get. Now is the time for all service members to look out for their fellow Shipmates, Marines, Airman, Battle Buddies, and tell them to keep their mouths shut!