The lockdown continues…
Well, this quote has come into my possession this morning, and so it looks like the military lockdown here in Okinawa will continue:
“From tonight’s meeting with Gen Zilmer, the current restricted liberty policy will remain in effect this week and is officially still considered guntil further noticeh. LtGen Zilmer deeply appreciates our support on this. Our positive response and period of reflection has been helpful to our cause of supporting a healthy military relationship with our Japanese hosts. Let’s keep our people on track and push the positive things such as the many healthy recreational activities available on our various installations. “
“The same exception policies are in effect. People shall continue to pay bills, walk their dogs, etc…. If you have a prepaid/registered event, plan on doing it - the intent is NOT for our people to lose money. Still no liberty dining, drinking and shopping out in town.
We all know that this is painful to a degree and even more so for those living out in town, but let’s keep our focus on maintaining the strategic alliance that we talked to so much last week and carry on until the transition from this restricted liberty policy. Ifll provide more info as it continues to develop. Ask your chain of command if you have questions/issues.”
The writing on the wall was probably there for all to see when the Japanese media started announcing as soon as this started that it would be over by Monday. Whether that was a guess or a leak of intelligence, quite a few people think it will be extended just to prove them wrong. The 2 lines of thought are: firstly, it will continue until tomorrow evening or thereabouts (just to prove the media wrong, although it would be in slight contradiction to this quote above); and secondly, that it will continue until next payday (March 1st). There are a lot of people anxiously hoping it will be soon.
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