NAHA –
Two members of the US Air Force stationed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa have been arrested on November 14 in separate incidents involving public indecency and drunk driving, elevating contemporary issues about self-discipline amongst American army personnel following a robbery-murder case involving a US Marine final month.
Hunter Edrington, an airman assigned to Kadena Air Base, was arrested on the scene shortly after 11 p.m. on November 14 on suspicion of public indecency after allegedly exposing his decrease physique in a plaza at a industrial facility in Okinawa City.
Police stated Edrington seemed to be closely intoxicated on the time of his arrest.
Earlier that day, within the early hours of November 14, a US Air Force captain stationed on the similar base was arrested in Okinawa City on suspicion of driving drunk.
The two arrests come because the US army is working to tighten self-discipline amongst its personnel following the arrest of a Marine in reference to a robbery-murder case in October.
Despite these efforts to enhance conduct and stop additional incidents, the most recent arrests have renewed issues over the conduct of US army personnel stationed in Okinawa.
Source: TBS