CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Gate 1B at Camp Foster, also called the Sergeant Major’s Gate, is scheduled to reopen Monday with reduced hours during the “period of reflection,” Marine officials said Friday.

The gate, which had been closed for several months due to construction, will open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Once the restrictions have been lifted, the gate’s normal hours will be 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., according to a release.

Also starting Monday, Building 1 Gate will allow access only to traffic going to Building 1’s front area, according to the release.

This gate is slated to close in about 45 days for construction.

Building 1 Gate, which normally is always open, is currently open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Once the restrictions have been lifted, its hours will be 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., according to the release.

Marine, 19, indicted in alleged robberyNAHA, Okinawa — A 19-year-old Marine was indicted in a Japanese court Friday on charges of beating and robbing an Okinawa City cab driver in January.

The Marine, assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, has not been named because he is considered a juvenile under Japanese law.

His case was forwarded to the Naha District 6 Prosecutors Office by a juvenile court judge last week.

A trial date hasn’t been set.

He and a co-defendant, Cpl. Joseph Wayne Riddle, 20, were arrested by Japanese police Jan. 7 a short while after they allegedly hit the cabbie with a whiskey bottle and a wooden plank after refusing to pay a 2,780 yen fare (about $25).

Riddle was indicted Jan. 28. His court date hasn’t been set.

Both Marines are being held in the Naha Detention Center.