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sailors from the U . S . Navy Explosive

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Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit five

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were invited to join Japan Maritime

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Self Defense Force Mine countermeasure

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units for their annual mine

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countermeasure exercise known as Easy

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one . My Next , The exercise took place

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in Easy Bay , Japan , and involved

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nearly 800 Japanese sailors and 20

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ships . This particular exercise ,

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known as four J . A , is the fourth

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mind warfare exercise of the year held

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by the J MSDF . During the two week

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period , Japanese and American E O D

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forces exchange and developed tactics ,

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techniques and procedures for mine

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countermeasures . Any exercise that

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we're able to do with our counterparts

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is something that will help build our

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collective capability in time of

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conflict . So the real goal is to be

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able to come out and see how they work ,

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so that in the event that we ever had

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to do this mission set together , it

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would be a more seamless integration

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between the two forces . The skills

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that the Japanese and American forces

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practice not only enhanced

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interoperability but are also

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instrumental in the planning , safety

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and execution of the future missions

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they will go on . While most of the

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exercise is done on or in the water .

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Some of the training is done on ships

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such as calculating and measuring time

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fuses , telling you t specialists how

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long they need to cut a fuse to achieve

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precisely timed detonations . When

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diving , both teams practice mine

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laying mine sweeping and mine recovery

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techniques to discover and terminate

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underwater mines . Unmanned underwater

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vehicles use digital cameras and

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ultrasonic imaging to send pictures of

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the sea floor and potential minds back

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to a human operator above the water

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surface

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way need to rely on the U . S military

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on the water , but in the water . I

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believe that we are a great asset for

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the world . I strongly hope that this

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relationship continues in the future .

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Reporting from Easy Bay , Japan , I'm

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Senior Airman Adam Goodly .