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So this is actually the 34th year that

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miss our airbase has hosted this event .

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Unfortunately due to the COVID pandemic ,

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we've had to postpone cancel the last

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two years . So fortunately this time

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around we're able to host them safely ,

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but I'm just really happy to see back .

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So the participants came from all over

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amaury pre fixture here in the Masala

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area . We just were the ones to host it

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probably because we have a lot of

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amazing translators and a great

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relationship . So it was really easy to

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get all the athletes coordinated to get

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down here and we had the facilities to

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be able to house them and have a good

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event . So this year we did something

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unique . We invited our solar's and

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Edgar and students to be able to

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participate and help our Japanese

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athletes along with the sports through

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the parade and the torch relay . I

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think it builds a greater bond between

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our Japanese host nations and are

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americans here in misawa . It's really

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amazing to see them together and it

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just kind of shows the bond that we

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have as far as being misawa air base

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here and our host nation , Japan

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putting this event on benefits the

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local area and our relationship with

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the japanese because they make us work

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together so we can work together for

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something like this , which is like a

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benefit of all the athletes and

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everything . I think it's so much

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easier to have that report to work on

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future endeavors . So my favorite event

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for today is actually a torch relay , I

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think it was really cool to match up

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our japanese athletes with our american

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athletes and together they brought

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forward the torch and at the very end

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we have colonel Murphy that actually

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light up the big torch . I think that

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signifies the start of the Games and I

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think the athletes really enjoyed that

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and hopefully the friends and families

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as well . I would say the event went

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amazing . The timing was really good .

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The athletes had a great time and a lot

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of the people on base got to experience

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different parts of the ceremonies that

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they had never seen before . I would

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just say thanks for everybody ,

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supporting all the fundraisers and

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thanks for Captain Grays and the whole

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executive community for the special

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olympics . There's plenty of meetings

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and , and coordination that went into

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it to make sure everybody knew where

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they needed to be and what time , and

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that's why the event went so smoothly ,

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were able to set up on time and we tore

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it down so that way people can get back

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and enjoy and reflect on such an

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awesome day .