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Nearly 100 soldiers assigned to the

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35th combat sustainment Support

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Battalion recently participated in a

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warrior maintenance day event during

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which they enhanced their mental ,

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physical and resilient skills and

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learned about the history of their host

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nation of Japan . Some of the hands on

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things they have got to do today . They

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got to do a little bit of stretches

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that focus on squat mechanics . They

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got to incorporate some resiliency

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training , doing effective praise and

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also learning how to properly set goals .

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Soldiers were led on a historical

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walking tour through camp Zama which

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began at the Soba Monument near the

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installation's main gate during the

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tour . They learned about the history

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of the installation , which was

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originally a training ground for the

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Japanese imperial army and was given

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its name by then Emperor Hirohito .

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They were guided through an air raid

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shelter that was built for Hirohito

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during World War I I and saw other

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areas and monuments from that era that

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still remain here today . The key

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things that I took away is that the

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preparation for the AC FT is not as

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hard as we think . I think that we

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overthink it . So um the instructor

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gave a good rundown of just a quick and

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easy how to do it . Uh And then

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thinking the mo like the time to

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appreciate like what beauty is actually

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here . I mean , like if you look at

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this , this is amazing . Uh We mainly

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drive to work and we're only focused on

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the road rather than what's right off

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the side of the road . So I really like

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today's event . Um I like the

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incorporation of the physical fitness

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along with the history of this place

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that I've been living in for three

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years . I've been here three years and

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I have not been in the the emperor's

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bunker . So that was definitely the

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highlight of today's event . Us Army

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Gars Japan's Public Affairs Office

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conducted the tour service . They

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provide regularly in both English and

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Japanese visitors and distinguished

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guests . Our intent behind having these

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tours is to be able to share the

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knowledge of the history of Camp Zama .

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It's very important that when people

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come here , they see and get to

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experience , not only what it's like

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now , but what it was back then , the

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Warrior Maintenance Day organized

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monthly by the 35th CS SB is meant to

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build Esprit de Corps and promote a

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positive work environment within the

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unit . From today's events . I hope

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that they were able to learn about how

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they can improve their physical

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readiness , learn how they can use

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those resiliency skills , not just for

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physical training , but it can also be

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used in everyday life and also be able

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to share some of the historic tours to

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they make and share it with their

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family members that are not here right

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now or share it with other new soldiers

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that's coming as well . That don't that

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pass by these sites every day , but

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don't know about the historic features

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within Kama for us , army guards in

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Japan . This is Dustin Perry .