Thousands Form Human Chain Around U.S. Air Base in Okinawa on the eve of expected arrival of G8 leaders for summit conference. Recall this is the base where three marines were convicted of the rape of a 12-year-old schoolgirl in 1995, another marine was recently arrested and charged with the molestation of a 14-year-old girl while she slept in her bed at home, and an airman was apprehended after a hit-and-run accident.