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- [Reporter] Camp Fuji invited teams

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from the local fire department
and police department

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on base for a softball tournament.

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- Today was just a great opportunity

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to get out and compete with
some local host nation people

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and just really, again, try
to build those relationships

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in the Kanto plains region.

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- [Reporter] The competition was fierce,

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but Camp Fuji Marines
made it to the final game.

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- They came out here and surprised us

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because we didn't know what
the competition would be like

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and they came out here

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and they wanted to play some softball;

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I can tell you that, it caught
me by surprise big time.

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- [Reporter] Though the
Marines at Camp Fuji lost,

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the real winner was the Gotemba community.

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- So this is really
important, in my opinion,

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because it helps us to build,
like, host nation relations

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and as an installation here,

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it allows us to build those relationships

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with people we may have
to help in response

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or may have to help us.

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- [Reporter] Petty Officer Don Patton,

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Yokota Air Base, Japan.