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- Thanks for joining us, I'm Staff Sergeant Mariko Frazee.

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US Navy leadership visited Guam

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as part of their tour of the Pacific,

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to talk with sailors on topics

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to include modernizing the fleet

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and changes to the rating system.

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Here's more from the All-Hands Call held at Naval Base Guam.

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^- [Devin] Vice Chief of Naval Operations,

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^Admiral Bill Moran,

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^and Fleet Master Chief April Beldo visited sailors in Guam,

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giving them the chance to hear about important issues,

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straight from the top.

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- It's been a long time since I've been in Guam,

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and I forgot how small it was, but then I realized,

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^after talking to sailors,

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^what a huge job they provide for this area.

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So I just want them to know that we appreciate

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that they're out here working hard,

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we understand it's a little bit isolated,

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but they do a great job.

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Them and their families, do a great job making sure

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that the rest of the country has exactly what they need,

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so we can continue to be the force that we are.

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- Elsewhere on Guam,

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the DOD's longest running humanitarian assistance mission

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came to a close.

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See how what began in 1952 has evolved

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into an international training mission,

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by spreading holiday cheer

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across tiny islands in Micronesia.

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^- [Bryan] Roughly 200 volunteers,

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^including international partners from Australia and Japan,

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^came to Anderson Air Force Base to help pack boxes

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for the 65th annual Operation Christmas Drop,

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in early December.

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^- Operation Christmas Drop is a great exercise

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^to come out and be part of,

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^because we learn to operate

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^with the Japanese and the United States.

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We're quite close allies,

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and we are called upon to work together

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in humanitarian assistance missions quite often.

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- [Bryan] This year, the US Navy and Coast Guard,

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participated for the first time in delivering boxes by boat.

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^- Well today we got to unload just a lot of donations

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^that people came together just to give.

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It's like part of my job, but it feels like, you know,

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a privilege, at the same time, to do.

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- That does it for this news break,

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Thanks for watching.

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