US troops in Japan cause trouble??

[dancing-loon]

US military 'holds Japan suspect'

The US military in Japan is holding a sailor sought in connection with the murder of a taxi driver, reports say. The Kyodo news agency reports that the man in his 20s was found near the Yokosuka naval base near Tokyo.
A US military spokesman confirmed that a "deserter" had been found, but would not comment further.
Local media said a credit card belonging to a sailor was discovered in the taxi where Masaaki Takahashi, 61, was found with stab wounds in his neck.
There are about 50,000 US personnel in Japan, and the relationship with the local population is often uneasy.
A number of criminal allegations have been made against servicemen in recent years.
Most recently, a US marine was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. The case triggered protests on the island of Okinawa but was later dropped.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7309169.stm
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Besides being a nuisance, what else are they there for?
Aaah, let me guess.... they were invited by the emperor!!!

 

[dancing-loon]

There are US troops stationed all over the world. I was particularly interested about Germany. Here is a link with numbers and explanations

http://www.slate.com/id/2105295/

and here a chart

I didn't know we have US troops here in Canada!! Where are they? And what for?
Does Canada have troops in the US for equal measure??

Maybe Bear with his vast and easy knowledge in this field has answers!

 

[lone wolf]

I didn't know we have US troops here in Canada!! Where are they? And what for?
Does Canada have troops in the US for equal measure??

Maybe Bear with his vast and easy knowledge in this field has answers!

US and Canadian personnel man stations in North Bay and Colorado Springs. Canadian troops frequently train with American on warm-weather bases all over the US - and American get to experience arctic chill here. US Air Force fighters ratttle the dishes around Cold Lake/Primrose Lake, and SAC doesn't have to bypass Canadian airspace to get to Alaska.

Woof!

 

[Nuggler]

We keep a few US troops here just so's we don't get terra-rized by terra-rists.

:glasses11:<<<<---such as Achmed El Kaboom here.

Or his brother, Percy El Kaboom>>>>>>>>>>>:santain disguys eh)

Just so's ya know.

:glasses7: CSIS says so.

 

[dancing-loon]

US and Canadian personnel man stations in North Bay and Colorado Springs. Canadian troops frequently train with American on warm-weather bases all over the US - and American get to experience arctic chill here. US Air Force fighters ratttle the dishes around Cold Lake/Primrose Lake, and SAC doesn't have to bypass Canadian airspace to get to Alaska.

Woof!

Thank you, Wolf, for your informative answer. I have trouble with the abbreviation SAC; I checked with google....

• Senior Aircraftman, a rank in the Royal Air Force
• Senior Assistant Commissioner, a rank in the Singapore Police Force
• Second Artillery Corps, one of four branches of the Chinese armed forces
• Strategic Air Command, the operational establishment of the United States Air Force in charge of America's bomber-based and ballistic missile-based strategic nuclear arsenal from 1946 to 1992
• Special Agent in Charge, an FBI term for an agent holding a position of authority at the scene of a crime or investigation.
• Supreme Allied Commander, the most senior commander in some multinational military organizations.

I guess it would be #4... Strategic Air Command?

 

[Colpy]

There are US troops stationed all over the world. I was particularly interested about Germany. Here is a link with numbers and explanations

http://www.slate.com/id/2105295/

and here a chart

I didn't know we have US troops here in Canada!! Where are they? And what for?
Does Canada have troops in the US for equal measure??

Maybe Bear with his vast and easy knowledge in this field has answers!

I live in New Brunswick. Gagetown, a few dozen klicks up the road, is one of the largest military bases in North America. You often see convoys of US troops heading down the highway to or from the camp. They train there........as do Brits and others.........