r/nottheonion • u/novagridd • 8h ago

Thailand's Prostitution Patrol on High Alert as 5,000 US Sailors Drop Ship After 200 Days at Sea

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/pattaya-police-intensify-prostitution-patrols-us-navy-visit-1763395
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u/nerdmor 7h ago

Honest question for those who served: isn't there a serious risk of a bunch of those sailors simply going AWOL?

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u/Pure_Perspective_201 3h ago

IIRC the ship is on it's way home. No one in their right mind is going to go AWOL when home port is a few weeks away.

Liberty incidents will be down too I bet. Again, the threat of being on restriction when they return to home port is going to keep people inline.

Shit, I bet a bunch of people on that ship wish they could just skip the port entirely if it meant getting home a few days earlier.

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u/freddbare 3h ago

Especially the ones who know charges will be coming if they drink

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u/Pure_Perspective_201 1h ago

nothing wrong with drinking.

Now, refusing to pay a hooker and then beating her up, yea, there will be charges there.