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Hello and welcome to the Zama Pulse .

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I'm Captain Electra Delo . The US Army

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Japan change of command ceremony

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between incoming commander Brigadier

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General James K . Dugan and outgoing

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commander Major General David Womack

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was held on June 17th on Camp Sama .

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Major General Womack completed his

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two-year assignment at US Army Japan

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and will move on to US Forces Korea ,

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where he will serve as the chief of

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staff . Brigadier General . Dougan

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began his military career at the 2nd

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Battalion 1st Armored Division in

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Germany . Since then , he has been

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assigned to numerous positions in

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various locations and deployed to

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Afghanistan in support of Operation

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Enduring Freedom . He also has a prior

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connection to Camp Zama , having

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graduated from what was then known as

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Zama High School , located on the

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installation . The US Army in Japan

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celebrated the Army's 250th birthday on

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June 14th . In observance of the

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milestone , US Army Japan hosted a week

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of sporting events and activities on

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Count Zala that included a tug of war ,

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a soccer tournament , and officers

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versus enlisted softball game , and

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much more . To kick off the week , US

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Army gears in Japan hosted a 5K run

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which drew hundreds of participants

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from the community , including soldiers ,

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civilians , family members , local

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national . Employees and members of the

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Japan Ground Self Defense Force . It's

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awesome . I mean , it's cool to think

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that the army is as old as our country

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and had a big role in making that

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happen . So I'm looking forward to

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trying to support and honor that legacy

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of service .

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Soldiers assigned to the 88th Military

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Police and the 901 Military Working Dog

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Detachments and members of the Japan

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Ground Self Defense Force's 4th

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Engineer group on Camp Sama recently

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strengthened their bilateral

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communication skills during joint

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training on hand signals . The training

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began with a classroom session in which

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the participants were brief on certain

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GGSDF hand signals and learned the

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differences between those and the

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signals the US Army uses . The group

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then moved outside and divided up to

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practice the hand signals together .

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The training culminated with the groups

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running through three scenarios in

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which they had to communicate in

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silence after discovering a suspicious

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box .

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Uh .

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So I .

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This . I think

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my biggest takeaway is how consistent

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we are working with JGSEF to better our

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relationship , especially when it comes

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to the high importance of any future

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missions that we might have , makes it

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for a seamless approach to the mission

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where we don't have to really kind of

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stand around and try to figure things

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out when things happen . The MPs and

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the JGSCF train together every month ,

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giving both organizations the

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opportunity to enhance common skills

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and techniques and to gain a better

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understanding of how to protect the

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installation . US Army volunteers from

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Tore Station on Okinawa recently

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cleaned up Okinawa Peace Memorial Park

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alongside volunteers from the US Navy

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and members of the Japan Self Defense

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Forces . The JSDF organized the event

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to bring the community together and to

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beautify the area ahead of the 80th

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anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa .

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The Battle of Okinawa was one of the

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most intense and bloody battles of

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World War II . The fighting lasted from

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April 1st to June 22 , 1945 . The park

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is located at the site where the battle

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ended . It was created to mourn the

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loss of the nearly quarter of a million

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people who were killed during the

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fighting . The park reflects a shared

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desire among nations to promote peace ,

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remembrance , and continued friendship .

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The cleaning ended with a flower laying

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ceremony in remembrance of all the

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lives lost during the battle . A team

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of volunteers with the 14th Missile

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Defense battery at Kyoko Misaki

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communication site in Koanga City

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recently teamed up with local

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volunteers and members of the Japan Air

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Self Defense Force's 35th Aircraft

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Control and Warning Squadron . They

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took part in a beach cleanup event at

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Tsuhihama in the town of Amino in

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Kyoanga City . Nearly 185 volunteers

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searched the area , picking up litter

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and other debris . They then took the

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trash to a garbage disposal site

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located nearby . The cleanup event

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began in 2020 , and this marked the 8th

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time it was held . Now we'd like to

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take a moment to spotlight our very own

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Zama Middle High School . For this

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recurring segment , we collaborate with

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the school's video communication class

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to highlight some of the school's

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activities and events in short student

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produced video segments . This month ,

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Tomoi Douglas highlighted the JRRTC's

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land navigation training , and Garrett

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Allen produced a story on Pi Day .

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As the end of the 3rd quarter was

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coming to a close , JTC cadets of the

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CMHS Trojan Battalion began their land

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navigation training for the JRTC Cadet

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Leadership Challenge , or JCLC . Part

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of this event are the land navigation

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courses of Tama Hills in Dead Reckoning .

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To prepare for this , JTC cadets The

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supervision from Sergeant Major Davis

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went off campus to reinforce and test

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their knowledge through a practice

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course . So they know where and how to

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find the right points when the real

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event came to . We asked cadet 2nd

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Lieutenant Noah Singleton , what he has

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learned in order to have performed the

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tasks he was given . Uh , I learned how

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to read maps and identify points on the

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on the map . Using my pace count , and

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I also learned how to use compasses and

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find the graded mag asmuths on a map to

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help me find my way to those points on

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the map . With their know-how of maps ,

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and pace counts , these cadets should

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have had an easier time navigating

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through the challenges faced with these

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areas . For ZEN , this is Tomahaki

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Douglas reporting . March 14th , or

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3/14 was a special day for students in

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Mr . Unger , Miss Bolster's , and Chef

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Moore's class . They celebrated Pi Day

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by integrating culinary skills with

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mathematical problem solving . This

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event fostered collaboration between

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culinary and math students , enhancing

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their understanding of Pi and

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demonstrating real world applications

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of math in everyday activities such as

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bake . Moore's culinary students

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showcased the baking skills by making a

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variety of delicious pies . Then

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geometry and precalculus students

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joined them together and engaged in

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some math problems that involved pi .

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These problems included calculations

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related to the circumference and area

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of circles , as well as other creative

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math challenges that incorporate in the

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concept of pi . We asked Mr . Unger how

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much a unique project came to be .

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Celebrating pie , not just the pie that

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we eat , but the 3.14 in mathematics

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geometry , we can show both the

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culinary and the math students how it

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relates to one another . Uh , so here

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we actually have some cross curricular

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between the math and the culinary . So

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it really , it's satisfying for the

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math people to do it , and the math

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people are showing the culinary and

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vice versa . It proved to be demanding

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and delicious activity . This is

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Garrett Allen for CEM . That's it for

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this month's edition of the Zamma Pulse .

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I'm Captain Eleudilo and we'll see you

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next month .