U.S. Forces and Okinawa Community Leaders Collaborate to Enhance Safety and Partnership

… <div class="content"> <div class="body" itemprop="articleBody"> <strong>YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan &mdash; </strong> <p>Representatives from the U.S. Forces on Okinawa, Okinawa Prefectural Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Okinawa Liaison Office, U.S. Consulate General Naha, Okinawa Defense Bureau, Okinawa Prefectural Police, and Okinawa City, met at Camp Foster today to convene the first meeting of the Okinawa Community Partnership Forum.<br /> <br /> Discussions centered on proactive strategies to improve safety and security, including a comprehensive review of existing and potential new measures. The U.S. military participants provided an overview of the Headquarters U.S. Forces Japan base-line Liberty Policy an existing preventive measure across all service components.<br /> <br /> In that context, the U.S. military solicited feedback and suggestions for updating the &ldquo;Okinawa Orientation Overview,&rdquo; a briefing that was developed in 2016 through close coordination among the Okinawa Prefectural Government, the Government of Japan, and U.S. Forces Japan, which the U.S. service components in Okinawa provide to new arrivals.<br /> …