1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:03,773 on this , our airbase teams from Yokota , 2 00:00:03,773 --> 00:00:05,690 Masala and cadena are conducting 3 00:00:05,690 --> 00:00:08,290 exercises to retain mission readiness . 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,720 Major Sarah Watford says it takes at 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,831 least a couple of weeks to plan these 6 00:00:12,831 --> 00:00:14,720 multi based exercises . The whole 7 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,930 mainland Japan is to map the 8 00:00:16,930 --> 00:00:18,960 interoperability pathways so we can 9 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,700 work together also , it's for our own 10 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:23,867 crews to be sent off from home station 11 00:00:23,870 --> 00:00:26,200 and to get used to the unfamiliar , 12 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,422 sell at home . We can still rely on our 13 00:00:28,422 --> 00:00:30,422 cruise to understand the mission to 14 00:00:30,422 --> 00:00:32,256 launch mission and accomplish it 15 00:00:32,256 --> 00:00:34,422 without having a home station , direct 16 00:00:34,422 --> 00:00:36,422 them exactly how and what to do all 17 00:00:36,422 --> 00:00:38,533 three rings kind of different mission 18 00:00:38,533 --> 00:00:40,644 set . Before we were really trying to 19 00:00:40,644 --> 00:00:42,700 employ the ace concepts , we kind of 20 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:44,867 stay within our own bubble . It's nice 21 00:00:44,867 --> 00:00:46,978 to see that , you know , we can start 22 00:00:46,978 --> 00:00:49,144 mapping those relationships and really 23 00:00:49,144 --> 00:00:51,144 establish a more robust way to move 24 00:00:51,144 --> 00:00:53,311 forward if it ever came down to having 25 00:00:53,311 --> 00:00:52,570 to accomplish something that's out of 26 00:00:52,570 --> 00:00:54,514 the normal realm of things to do . 27 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,940 Petty Officer Casey Loman Misawa Air 28 00:00:56,940 --> 00:00:58,260 Base Japan