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- [Narrator] Team Kadena airmen start their

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morning with a run, pacing toward a stronger

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relationship with their Japanese counterparts.

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After they cross the finish line,

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Kadena and JSDF airmen, clean themselves up

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and set forth to do the same

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for the local community landscape.

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- Obviously, they allowed us to be here.

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We're the United States Air Force, here,

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serving in Okinawa.

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For us to be able to give back to them,

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for them letting us be here, means a lot,

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as if we're one unit,

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instead of looking as separate entities

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to the Okinawa community,

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and the rest of the country of Japan.

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Here we are, we're having our first event.

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- [Narrator] The integration of both forces

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provides an opportunity to network,

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and encourages each member to build upon

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our culture of trust and respect.

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- If you have a staff sergeant who's gotten

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an opportunity to go to,

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a Air Force integration event in Kadena Air Base,

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the JASDF and the United States Air Force,

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we're not only here to protect them

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but we're also here to serve them as well, together.

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- (Speaking Japanese)

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- [Soldier] I'm very glad to be here, I'm glad

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to be a part of it, and I hope that we'll have

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more events like this to come.

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- [Narrator] Maintaining the environment

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and relationships we have allow us to carry out

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the mission in the Pacific and keep our boots

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on the ground and our toes in the sand.

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Senior Airman Devin Notestein,

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Kadena Airbase, Japan.