A number of US Navy sailors based in Japan are being investigated for alleged use and distribution of drugs, a spokesman for the US Seventh Fleet confirmed to CNN.
Cmdr. Clay Doss, public affairs officer for the Seventh Fleet, confirmed the investigation was under way.
« The Navy has zero tolerance for drug abuse and takes all allegations involving misconduct of our sailors, Navy civilians and family members very seriously, » Doss said in an email to CNN. « These allegations are still under investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further. »
The Reagan, based in Yokosuka near Tokyo, is the only one of the US Navy’s 11 aircraft carriers homeported outside of the United States. It’s arguably the Navy’s most important asset in the Pacific amidst ongoing challenges from North Korea and elsewhere.
