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Active Shooter reported at sasebo naval base in Nagasaki, Japan
Washington Times ^ | 02 Nov 2016 | Victor Morton

Posted on 11/02/2016 7:40:43 PM PDT by reed13k

An active shooter was reportedly on the loose Thursday morning at an American naval base in Japan, the commander of the base confirmed.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: activeshooter; japan; nagasaki; navy; sasebo; sasebonavalbase; shooter; usnavy
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Supposedly up on Stars and Stripes as well
1 posted on 11/02/2016 7:40:43 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: reed13k

Sorry stars and stripes twitter. Here:

https://twitter.com/starsandstripes


2 posted on 11/02/2016 7:41:46 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: reed13k

A shooter huh? I wonder if he has any particular religious beliefs.


3 posted on 11/02/2016 7:44:22 PM PDT by Mark17 (20 Yrs USAF ATCer, RET. 25 yrs CDCR CO, RET.)
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To: reed13k

one of obamas boys?


4 posted on 11/02/2016 7:44:42 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: reed13k
My best port calls were in Sasebo.

A beautiful place, was still friendly to Americans back then.

You could pay $2.50 for a bottle of Jack and $4 for a carton of cigarettes on base, take them out to a bar and drink free all week.

Good food and friendly people.

5 posted on 11/02/2016 7:46:23 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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I was out of Yoko for 4 years, but managed to get to Sasebo and Okinawa once each.


6 posted on 11/02/2016 7:50:07 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: Mariner

Would someone tell us how to pronounce Sasebo?


7 posted on 11/02/2016 7:50:14 PM PDT by tommix2
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Sah-Say-Boh

I lived on my own in Osaka and Kyoto as a translator. Had the chance to join the Marines but the recruiter never showed. Took it as a sign and went on my own for five years.


8 posted on 11/02/2016 8:00:40 PM PDT by struggle (The)
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“My best port calls were in Sasebo.”

When I was aboard the USS Enterprise we made a port call there before going on to the South China Sea off Viet Nam. Well, we no sooner left port and then had to head up to the coast off North Korea to be involved in the “Pueblo Incident”. It was very cold up there in Winter.


9 posted on 11/02/2016 8:03:01 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Mariner

“My best port calls were in Sasebo.”

what a fine story that is...


10 posted on 11/02/2016 8:03:57 PM PDT by maxsand
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To: tommix2

sas ee bow


11 posted on 11/02/2016 8:07:02 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Back in ‘93, I was assigned onboard the USS BLUE RIDGE in Yokosuka, but I got married after bootcamp, and got the USS PELELIU.

Considering what I married back then, I shoulda kept my original orders.


12 posted on 11/02/2016 8:09:18 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: reed13k; markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...

Active Duty ping.


13 posted on 11/02/2016 8:10:09 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Parley Baer

I don’t know why we were there, after multiple Westpacs things get fuzzy...but

I was on the USS Benjamin Stoddert in a Destroyer Group with USS Turner Joy in the north Pacific cruising the strait between Hokkaido and Russia.

We had ice parallel to the waterline the entire length of the ship. It was most pronounced on the superstructure all the way up to the signal bridge and antennas aloft. And that was from salty sea water at 20deg or less.

Gets friggin’ cold up there.


14 posted on 11/02/2016 8:16:15 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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"USS PELELIU"

I served on the breadbox know as USS Tarawa

15 posted on 11/02/2016 8:18:58 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Hokkaido does indeed that’s up the northern part of the isles - Sasebo is down around just north of Nagasaki.


16 posted on 11/02/2016 8:20:39 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: Mariner

AH! LHA-1

I had a model of that old gray lady.


17 posted on 11/02/2016 8:32:57 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: Mariner

My father made port call at Sasebo in the fall of 1945. Pretty cool photos of early occupation days are in the scrapbook.


18 posted on 11/02/2016 8:44:24 PM PDT by Rebelbase (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: Mark17

one of our Moslem soldiers?


19 posted on 11/02/2016 8:49:52 PM PDT by arthurus (Hillary's campaign is getting shaky)
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To: Rebelbase

Can you post a few love to see them


20 posted on 11/02/2016 8:51:20 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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