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Working with the militaries of other

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nations is a routine part of the Air

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Force mission . Senior man Anthony Kuhn

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tells us about one Air Force captain

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who's actually living and working on a

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Japanese base . Captain Joseph Cook is

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a communications officer in the U . S .

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Air Force . Unlike most other officers ,

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he is the only american assigned Takuma

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Airbase , a Japanese training facility .

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Captain Cook spends his time at

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sumagaya teaching english to the

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Japanese airmen as a communications

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exchange officer slash instructor . Uh

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I'm kind of like an ambassador in blue ,

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you know from the Air Force side uh

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integrated into the jazz deaf culture

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and workplace . Captain Cook is at

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Yamagata is part of the japanese

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personal Exchange program , a program

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designed to promote interoperability

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and bilateral relations between the

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american and Japanese military's Senior

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airman Anthony Kuhn , sumagaya Air Base ,

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japan .