UPDATE: Stars & Stripes has an article out about Kenny’s MySpace as well. As expected, no mention of where they got their idea for such an article, or of D-San , the guy who brought it to everyone’s attention.
Just an update for historical purposes. D-San points us all to Olatunbosun Ugbogu’s MySpace page found here. Ugbogu apparently went by the American name Kenny, which is obviously easier to say. Here’s some pictures from Kenny’s publicly viewable MySpace page (faces have been blurred by me):
Here’s Kenny kindly showing how much knock-off jewelry you can buy in Korea on a Seaman’s $600 paycheck.
Here’s Kenny and some buds appreciating their new Homeport Ashore room.
The international signs of being an ambassador to Japan…
While reading some news reports about the murder, I came across an article that was out some days ago in the Daily Yomiuri Online, about Mr. Ugbogu’s possible membership a private group made up foreigners in Roppongi that has links to US servicemen:. From the story:
The investigation headquarters has information that the sailor is a U.S. citizen of Nigerian origin and that he keeps company with a private group for foreigners of African descent in Tokyo. It believes that establishing the sailor’s movements and other information related to him will hold the key to the case, and is to proceed with an investigation of the group.
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According to the police, after leaving the base on March 1, the sailor is believed to have met with members of the group for foreigners of African descent–a group with links to U.S. military personnel.
The group is based in Roppongi, Tokyo, close to where the sailor was apprehended in Gotanda.
Regardless of whether the Japanese officials look into this group, the US military certainly should. If this Sailor was a member of this group, and there’s a possibility that other service members are as well, the military needs to assess just what kind of activities this group is involved in. The last thing we need is for someone to find, or conjure up, a link to US service members and some sort of gaijin-run organized crime.
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but kenny aint nearly as fun to say drunk. I imagine it would be damn near immpossible but all that enjoyable.
Posted 06 Apr 2008 at 11:47 am ¶Jim - Once again you’ve outdone yourself with your excellent viewpoints back up by reliable sources. Publishing this hose-bag’s MySpace page gives you an idea what kind of scum bag he was. I was at the NEX in Negishi yesterday and noticed a copy of the 2-page naval message addressing the alcohol-ban. The message was on poster-sized paper and laminated. Great use of taxpayer’s money. It said the ban will end on Apr. 9th when it will be looked at again. I am curious what kind of Mickey Mouse rules CAPT DefCon and Admiral Sponge-Bob will impose on the masses?
Posted 06 Apr 2008 at 12:00 pm ¶If you look at his myspace photos, on page two, look what he has described as “his…..toy.” That’s disturbing.
Posted 06 Apr 2008 at 4:03 pm ¶nice
Posted 06 Apr 2008 at 4:36 pm ¶Is that a navy weapon?
Posted 06 Apr 2008 at 6:10 pm ¶“If you want some, come get some,
Cuz where I’m from we tote big guns
And everybody know somebody that
Know somebody that know somethin bout it,
And I want answers now who, what, where,
When and why,
See, a lotta dudes like to act a fool
And all get all loud but that aint my style,
And he who he gonna get and what he gonna do,
Run up on me if he want to,
Out there impressin his homies,
But he stood up in front of his mama,
I mop up the flo wit em,
And I kick in the door and let the .44 get em,
I got fools that’ll go get em,
This for him, the crew and the dudes that run wit em.”
I thought this song fit….well this part of it….
Posted 07 Apr 2008 at 2:18 pm ¶Another gangster wanna-be scum bag. I hope the U.S. tax payer isn’t paying for his defense in JN courts. I’ll volunteer to defend the low life in court for free, “Guilty as a son-of-a gun” your honor.
Posted 07 Apr 2008 at 3:26 pm ¶Squid Vicious asks:
What are the common trends with all the latest Navy/Marine Corps criminals to serve as U.S. ambassadors?
Each person is junior in rank to be sure. Everyone seems to be young in the grand scheme of things.
There’s something else … I just can’t seem to put my finger on it — it may tie into each person’s common social-economic back ground.
Something … what is it?
Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 4:55 am ¶I really do think that there should be a much better Overseas Screening process.
When I first came to Japan, I got sent there with A LOT of dirtbags. We were all undesignated Airmen and none of us actually chose our orders. We were fresh out of bootcamp and most of us under 21 years of age. Out of the 14 or so people that I came with, about 5 ended up on restriction, 2 ended up assigned to the DAPA program, and the rest of us were left very dispirited and fed up. We got no real support from our Chain of Command and we would do anything to relieve ourselves of the stress of the ship life.
I can really see how some people can be driven to do some really stupid things out there and get involved with the wrong people. There’s no real sense of community in the FDNF in my opinion.
Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 9:56 am ¶D-San, I know how you feel. I came here with 4 other guys. One is an alcoholic but really good at his job, one got a bum leg or some shit and hobbles around all day like a worthless piece of hot garbage, the other one made 2nd class a few months after A school and is a pub man, and last but not least the last guy was a shitbag and got kicked out of the navy. I would say at 1 out of the three are dirtbags.
But as I have been here for a few years and now that it is my time to leave this command I have had the opportunity to see some new people check into this place and boy am I glad I am leaving. I understand they are new, but that doesn’t change the fact that they have no respect for their upper chain of command (don’t they emphasize this in bootcamp til you want to puke?), no military bearing, and they look like they just crawled out of the bottom of their closet and have to be told to get a hair cut because they’re too incompitent to get one themselves!
Is it really that hard to play this game of Military? Some people make me wonder…(and I thought the army was bad)
Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 1:27 pm ¶A Japanese Army Soldier, U.A. status….. stabbed a cab driver. A quick 20 second story on the news. Hows that for media coverage.
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