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for the 3/19 expeditionary

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reconnaissance squadron . The MQ nine

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mission in Japan is historic for the

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first time in over 70 years . Americans

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have been deployed to the Kagoshima

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prep richer . The city of Canada has

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made us feel welcome from the moment we

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arrived . The hospitality we received

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has led us to make significant number

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of inroads within the local community

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efforts we strive to uphold during our

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year long state in this region . Airmen

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from bases around the world have joined

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for the reactivation of the 3/19 Prs .

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These airmen are serving alongside

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members of the Japan Maritime Self

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Defense Force and have begun building

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lasting relationships by working

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together to retrofit the base jim ,

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build large area maintenance shelters

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and conduct renovation efforts to make

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the hangar graciously given to us for

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our deployment better than we found it .

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Occasional bilateral sporting events

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have also helped mold and solidify an

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ironclad alliance with RJ MsDF

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counterparts that we hope will lead to

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enduring friendships that will last

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beyond our time here . As the mission

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starts , we will have a long year ahead

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of us . But I am confident that the men

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and women of the 3 19 e . R . S will

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rise to the challenge