U.S. military amphibious vehicles cross highway in Ginoza, stopping traffic

U.S. military amphibious vehicles cross highway in Ginoza, stopping traffic

U.S. military personnel and AAV-7 assault amphibious vehicles wait to travel to their training area at 2:54 p.m. on January 28 in Katabaru in Matsuda, Ginoza


 

January 29, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On January 28, fifteen U.S. military amphibious vehicles entered U.S. military Camp Hansen by crossing over prefectural highway 329 from the Katabaru seashore in Matsuda, Ginoza, Okinawa. When the vehicles crossed, U.S. military personnel temporarily stopped traffic by ordinary vehicles traveling along the highway. Local residents commented what a nuisance it was.

 

 

The amphibious vehicles departed one after another from two U.S. military landing ships located off the coast of Katabaru and stood wait in the shallows. When all fifteen reached the shore, a member of the U.S. military temporarily stopped traffic with a sign reading “Vehicles Crossing,” and the amphibious vehicles crossed the road.

 

 

“It is pathetic that the U.S. military can use Okinawa’s land however it likes. Okinawa is not at peace in the least,” fumed a 63 year old female resident of Ginoza Village who was at the scene. Village councilman Tomomasa Tsukayama, age 64, said, “This is a normal part of the U.S. military’s training, and each time they cross they stop traffic. It’s quite a nuisance.”

 

(English translation by T&CT and Sandi Aritza)

 

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