Washington ( CNN ) -- U.S. troops in Okinawa will now be on curfew after the arrest of two U.S. sailors accused of raping a local woman , the commander of U.S. forces in Japan said Friday . Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella also apologized Friday in a statement announcing the curfew . `` I want to personally apologize for the grief and trauma the victim has endured , '' the statement said . Read more : Small U.S. base is giant issue in U.S.-Japan relations . The curfew restricts military personnel to the base , a personal home or hotel between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Police in Okinawa identified the detained sailors as U.S. Navy Seaman Christopher Daniel Browning and Petty Officer Skyler Dozierwalker of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Texas . The two men , both 23 , are alleged to have raped a Japanese woman early Tuesday , leaving her with a neck injury , police said . They were taken into custody later that day . The incident has prompted a women 's group in Okinawa to call for more restrictions on what U.S. military personnel can do when off-base . The issue of violent crimes , especially rapes , by U.S. troops in Japan has divided the two countries for decades . It came to a peak in 1995 when a U.S. sailor and two U.S. Marines were convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl . Tens of thousands of Okinawans took to the streets at the time demanding that the United States leave the island south of Japan 's main islands . In that case , the U.S. military at first refused to turn the suspects over to Japanese authorities . But in the most recent case , the suspects were in Japanese custody almost immediately . Read more : U.S.-Japan deal withdraws 9,000 Marines from Okinawa . The alleged attack took place two months after a U.S. Marine was arrested , accused of assaulting and molesting a woman in Naha , the capital of Okinawa . Relations between the U.S. military and the people of Okinawa have already been stressed in recent months over the U.S. Marine Corps ' deployment of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to a base on the island . Some Okinawa residents are concerned because the Osprey has had a reputation for crashing . The Okinawan community has long been against the presence of the U.S. military , which recently announced that thousands of Marines will be moved to a base in Guam .
Two U.S. sailors were arrested this week , accused of raping a local woman . `` I want to personally apologize '' for the victim 's grief and trauma , U.S. commander says . Score: 6