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- [Reporter] On C-130 Sleighs,

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airmen from the Japan
Air Self Defense Force,

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the Royal Australian Air Force,

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and U.S. Air Force, are
bringing humanitarian aid

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to 56 Micronesian Islands,

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as a part of Operation
Christmas Drop 2018.

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As a part of the longest-running DOD

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humanitarian airlift operation,

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airmen deliver food, fishing supplies,

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educational materials,
and toys to islanders

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across one of the most remote
locations on the globe,

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spanning 1.8 million
square nautical miles.

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- Delivering supplies to people that are

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a long, long way away,
is great training for us,

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but it also is wonderful to
spread the Christmas cheer

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to people that are in very
remote places in the world.

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- [Reporter] The goods
dropped to remote islands

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like Imwinyap make an impact
that lasts for generations.

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- My father experienced this
drop, when he was a little kid,

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back in 1977, I believe,

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and in that drop, he got
his first pair of shoes,

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and he built his camp
out of the parachute.

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- [Reporter] And now 26 years
later, Airman Phillip was

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able to give back to his father's island,

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aboard a royal Australian C-130.

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- [Brandon] I get to serve my country

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and give back to my father's
homeland at the same time,

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so that was both of what I wanted to do,

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so I'm just overwhelmed
with happiness right now,

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I'm proud of myself.

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- [Reporter] Operation
Christmas Drop allows airmen

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from all three nations to make an impact

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in the lives of over 20,000 people.

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- And that is one of the greatest
points, as a cargo pilot,

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to see and feel, we are doing
something to somebody else.

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- [Reporter] This
mission enables airmen to

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execute low cost, low altitude drops

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alongside regional allies,

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effectively strengthening
humanitarian assistance

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and disaster relief
operational capabilities,

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while ensuring stability
in the Indo-Pacific region.

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That does it for this
edition of Dispatch: Pacific,

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see you next time.