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- Here's your news around the Pacific.

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I'm Sergeant Jacob Coleman.

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At Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka,

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Master Chief Petty Officer
of the Navy, Russell Smith,

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met with sailors aboard USS Antietam.

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Sailors asked questions
about the importance

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of the Navy's presence in the 7th Fleet,

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and Master Chief Smith
discussed the Navy's

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Freedom of Navigation mission.

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- That is the fundamental
reason that we have a Navy,

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is to demonstrate that presence
and we have to do that.

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And, if we were to stop,
you would probably find

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a very different world
than we have right now.

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- The Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral John Richardson

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also engaged 7th Fleet
sailors while visiting.

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During his Q & A sessions,
he emphasized the importance

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of effective hands-on
training and war fighting

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readiness in the Indo-Pacific.

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- Everyday that our opponents wake up

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and look out over the water,
they say this is not the day

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to take on the United States Navy.

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- In California, the Japan
Ground Self Defense Force

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alongside Marines with
the 1st Marine Division,

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kicked off exercise Iron Fist 2019.

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Iron Fist is an annual
multilateral training exercise,

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where US and Japanese service
members train together

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to improve their combined
operational capabilities.

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- [Service Trainer] Pull pin.

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- [Service Member] Pull pin.

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- Service members on Camp
Pendleton have already began

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training together by conducting
an urban breech training

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where techniques, tactics, and procedures

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were shared between the two forces.

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In Hawaii, Marines with the
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's

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Maritime Raid Force
boarded a simulated vessel.

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Reconnaissance Marines
trained for quick tactical

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raids of moving vessels
launched from both land and sea

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by conducting visit, board,
search, and seizure training.

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That's your news around the Pacific.

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