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- [Officer] Military Police, you're on restricted waters.

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- [Emily] Marine Corps Air Station Imakuni

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and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force responded

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to multiple simulated threats on base

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throughout exercise Active Shield.

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The two day event took the two forces

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through different scenarios that could be

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a possible threat to the air station

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and evaluates how they respond.

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1st Lieutenant Matthew Bratton says

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working with the JGSDF brings a new perspective

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to the mission.

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- Working with the JGSDF, they bring certain things

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to the fight that we could not possibly bring.

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For example, they can interact with the local populous

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in ways that we can't.

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There's the language barrier, there's the,

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this is there host nation.

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They bring a certain level of friendliness,

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the local populous are a little bit more comfortable

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with interacting with them

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versus an armed Marine Military Police patrol.

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They bring a host nation face

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to this bilateral base defense thing that we do.

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- [Emily] While working through cultural

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and language barriers, the two forces shared skills

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handling situations such as vehicle searches,

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perimeter breaches, and chemical attacks.

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- [Matthew] The biggest takeaway for the Marines

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that participated in this,

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for the soldiers that participated in this,

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everything you do is important.

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Everything you do, day to day, your sentry duty,

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even just a normal fence line check

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or perimeter check matters.

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We go into a heightened security posture like this,

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all of those actions are magnified.

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The threat is magnified.

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The small, it may seem like a menial task,

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it may seem like it's repetitive,

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but when we start ramping up in force protection conditions

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like this, the small stuff is what matters.

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- [Emily] 1st Lieutenant Bratton also said

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Active Shield gave each side a chance

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to evaluate what each individual and unit

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brought to the table.

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Reporting from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan,

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I'm Marine Corporeal, Emily Kirk.