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 ...
..........for all you guys bragging about “Port Calls” in Sasebo, if you were there between August 69 and May 71 I brought you your mail! The Peleliu practically lived in Sasebo.
I would also add that the journalist writer of this article got the headline FLAT wrong. Having made the trip between the two cities many times, I can tell you that Nagasaki and Sasebo are just as different as Austin and San Antonio.
Lots of good jarheads in Sasebo who would have made quick work of any shooter.
Hopefully this will be one of the usual false alarms.
They’d have to be scanned. At some point....
From the updated article:
“But after about an hour, the official Facebook feed of Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo Japan, said all was clear and “the lock down has been lifted.”
“No evidence of shots fired or an active shooter,” nor any injuries, the post went on to say.”
However, one problem with Fleet Activities Sasebo is the fact it wasn’t exactly close to any major city—Nagasaki was a fairly long train ride away and Fukuoka even more so. (It’s the same problem with Misawa AB.) At least Yokosuka, Atsugi and Yokota are within the Tokyo metro area and Iwakuni is only a short train ride from Hiroshima.
Sorry, I can’t go right now. I’m too busy reading “BREAKING....BOMBSHELL posts /s
thank you. that’s been troubling me for years sas ee bow.I wrote it down
Probably not many of our soldiers on a Navy base in Japan.
Thank you everybody. Many years ago , a guy stationed at
Sasebo wrote me a letter at Iwokuni that helped me a lot.
That’s why I asked, never forgot.
Glad to hear that. Thank you for the info.
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