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- [Reporter] Camp Zama

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and Family and Moral
Welfare and Recreation

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recently celebrated the opening
of its new Warrior Zone,

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a leisure facility for
the Better Opportunities

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for Single Soldiers Program, or BOSS,

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with a ribbon-cutting ceremony

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at the installation's
community recreation center.

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- I'm pleased to welcome you

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to our newly-constructed Warrior Zone.

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The goal of this Warrior Zone

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is to provide a state-of-the-art,
multi-purpose facility

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designed to provide opportunities
for soldiers to socialize

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and to interact with
their peers and friends

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around the globe.

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- [Reporter] The new Warrior
Zone offers single soldiers

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access to a wide range
of electronic media,

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including a movie theater,
various video game consoles,

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and personal computers.

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In addition, there are
billiards and air hockey tables,

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darts, and other recreational equipment

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available for the patrons.

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- It's a good area for
them to come and socialize

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with other soldiers, to see a
TDY, and also co-op soldiers,

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Ground Self-Defense soldiers,
they're able to come

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and use the facility, also.

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- [Reporter] The previous Warrior Zone

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was located inside building 533,

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one of Camp Zama's oldest buildings.

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It was once used as a study hall

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for Japanese military cadets
when the Imperial Army Academy

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was located on the installation.

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- Personally, I feel
like this new facility

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is a great opportunity.

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It's been renovated.

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It's been revitalized to better
suit more modern technology

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and modern needs for
the single soldiers now.

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- It's definitely something

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that's going to bring more moral

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to all our service members out here

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who are far away from their loved ones

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and that kind of stuff.

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So, it gives them somewhere
they can kind of go

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and get their mind off things

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so they don't have to sit and stare

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at the same four walls in their room.

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- [Reporter] The Camp Zama Warrior Zone

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is open Tuesday through
Thursday from noon to 9:00 p.m.,

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Friday from noon to 10:00 p.m.,

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and Saturday from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m.

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Access will be limited
to the back entrance

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after 7:00 p.m. and on Saturdays.

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Reporting for U.S. Army Garrison Japan,

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this is Dustin Perry.

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(crowd chattering)