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Off Limits on Okinawa: Nine Gate 2 Street Bars and Article 92

By Tim Bilecki | Published 9 November 2026 Okinawa Prefectural Police officers and U.S. service members stand watch during a joint patrol near Gate 2 Street, Okinawa City, 6 November 2026. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trevor BishopWilliams. U.S. Forces Japan has added four more Gate 2 Street establishments outside Kadena Air Base […]

Drugs Through Military Mail: The Camp Humphreys Customs Case and Article 112a

By Tim Bilecki | Published 7 November 2026 Mail and packages are sorted at the Camp Humphreys Main Post Office, South Korea, December 2020. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Marcellus. Korean customs officers say two U.S. Soldiers at Camp Humphreys smuggled liquid cannabis, or a synthetic version of it, into Korea through the military […]

Okinawa’s New Liberty Rules: What Changed After the Period of Reflection

By Tim Bilecki | Published 6 November 2026 Marine leaders walk a courtesy patrol in Kin, Okinawa, Japan, May 2025. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pedro Rojas. The Period of Reflection on Okinawa ends at noon on Sunday, 8 November 2026. A narrower order takes effect at 12:01 p.m. that day and runs […]

Arrested in Japan: Custody, Indictment and Trial Under the SOFA

By Tim Bilecki | Published 6 November 2026 Okinawa Prefectural Police officers walk a joint patrol with U.S. service members in Okinawa, Japan, on 30 October 2026. The photo is not connected to the case in this post. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Chloee Vohlken.) The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual […]

Tried in Japan: What a Japanese Verdict Does Not End for a Marine

By Tim Bilecki | Published 5 November 2026 A U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy taxis after arriving at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on 13 July 2017. The photo is not connected to the case in this post. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Henson.) The appearance of U.S. Department of War […]

Off Limits in Korea: Juicy Bars, Paid Company and the UCMJ

By Tim Bilecki | Published 4 November 2026 A KATUSA translator walks with a 51st Security Forces Squadron town patrol member outside Osan Air Base, South Korea, March 2021. The businesses shown are not connected to this article. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Noah Sudolcan. Our post on the Gate 2 Street raid […]

Drunk Driving Overseas: What Happens After an Arrest in Japan or Germany

By Tim Bilecki | Published 4 November 2026 A Marine with 3rd Marine Logistics Group conducts a sobriety check at a vehicle gate on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, June 2025. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pedro Rojas. Two U.S. service members were arrested for drunk driving overseas in the same week. On Okinawa, police […]

Kadena Gate 2 Street Raid: What Customers Face Under the UCMJ

By Tim Bilecki | Published 4 November 2026 | Updated 9 November 2026 U.S. military police on a joint patrol of Gate 2 Street in Okinawa City. The business shown is not the one in this case. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jesse Davis. Okinawa police have arrested nine people for running an illegal […]