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- Thanks for joining us, I'm Corporal Devin Pomachaun.

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Secretary of Defense, Jim Matis, traveled to

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Clark, Philippines for a meeting with the

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.

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During the ASEAN meeting, Matis Met with the president

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of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, and the

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Philippines Secretary of Defense handed chairmanship

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of ASEAN to Singapore's Minister of Defense.

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US and Japanese ground forces jumped into action

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during exercise Active Shield.

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Marine corporal Emily Kirk trailed the group to show us

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how they keep the air stations safe.

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- Military police you are in restricted waters.

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- [Emily} Marine Corp Air Station Iwakuni and the Japan

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Ground Self Defense Force responded to multiple

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simulated threats on base

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throughout exercise Active Shield.

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The two day event took the two forces through different

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scenarios that could be a possible threat to the

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air station and evaluates how they respond.

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- [Matthew] Working with the JGSDF

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^they bring certain things to

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^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 language barrier.

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This is their host nation.

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They bring a certain level of friendliness, the local

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populous are a little bit more comfortable with

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interacting with them versus an armed Marine military

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police patrol.

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The biggest takeaway for the Marines that participated

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in this, for the soldiers that participated in this,

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everything you do is important, everything you do day to day

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your sentry duty or even just a normal fence line

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check, a perimeter check matters.

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- [Devin] While working through cultural

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and language barriers,

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the two forces shared skills handling situations

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such as vehicle searches, perimeter breaches,

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and chemical attacks.

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First Lieutenant Brattian also said Active Shield

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gave each side a chance to evaluate what each individual

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and unit brought to the table.

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The annual exercise involved multiple installations

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including the 10th regional group and army organizations

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around the area.

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That is it for this news break, thanks for watching.