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JWA New Year Fest

A member of Team Yokota gets dressed in a Kimono during the New Year Fest hosted by the Japanese Welfare Association, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The event allowed for both men and women from Yokota to wear kimonos and experience a variety of traditions from Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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JWA New Year Fest

A member of the Samurai Taiko Drum Team performs during the New Year Fest hosted by the Japanese Welfare Association, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The festival offered a variety of entertainment such as: Japanese tea ceremonies, Kimoto try-on, Yosakoi dance performance, Taiko performance, photo sessions with armored samurai and food booths. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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JWA New Year Fest

Members of the Samurai Taiko Drum Team perform during the New Year Fest hosted by the Japanese Welfare Association, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Samurai Taiko Drum Team is made up of members of the Yokota community, including both American and Japanese performers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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JWA New Year Fest

Members of Sokukai, Yosakoi dance performance group, perform during the New Year Fest hosted by the Japanese Welfare Association, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The event offered Yokota’s members an opportunity to experience a variety of traditional Japanese culture and foods, deepening the friendship between the U.S. community and Japanese employees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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JWA New Year Fest

Members of Sokukai, Yosakoi dance performance group, perform during the New Year Fest hosted by the Japanese Welfare Association, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Sokukai is a group made up of members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at Yokota AB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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JWA New Year Fest

Col. Otis C. Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander, provides opening remarks for the New Year Fest hosted by the Japanese Welfare Association, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. In his remarks, Jones thanked the Japanese employees for taking the time to share their culture with base personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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JWA New Year Fest

Yokota leadership breaks open a sake barrel along with the Japanese Welfare Association, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Yokota Defense Office’s leaders during the JWA New Year Fest, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The festival offered a variety of entertainment such as: Japanese tea ceremonies, Kimoto try-on, Yosakoi dance performance, Taiko performance, photo sessions with armored samurai and food booths. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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JWA New Year Fest

Yoichi Akimoto, president of the Japanese Welfare Association, gives opening remarks during the JWA New Year Fest, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The JWA is a non-profit group made up of Japanese employees at Yokota. For more than 70 years the JWA has provided morale, welfare and recreational activities for Yokota’s Japanese employees and the local community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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JWA New Year Fest

Japanese employees serve complimentary Ozoni, a Japanese traditional New Year soup containing rice cakes, and Oshiruko, a red bean soup with rice cakes, to members of Team Yokota. Ozoni is a dish made in Japanese homes in the New Year, calling on wishes for good health in the upcoming year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) run through their checklist after dropping supplies off to two Micronesian islands as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. In its 68th year, OCD is the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands, impacting approximately 20,000 people across 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

U.S. Air Force members close their eyes nad wait as a C-130H Hercules assigned to the Royal New Zealand Air Force taxis up the runway as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 11, 2019. OCD serves as a training platform for the U.S. Air Force and its partners to better train for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through the use of LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force CPL Toni Thompson goes through a pre-flight check on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. In its 68th year, OCD is the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands, impacting approximately 20,000 people across 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) wave to locals after dropping supplies onto a Micronesian island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. OCD is a quadrilateral training mission designed to give C-130 crews from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force a chance to airdrop supplies on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) enjoy the view after dropping supplies onto a Micronesian island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. In its 68th year, OCD is the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands, impacting approximately 20,000 people across 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) enjoy the view after dropping supplies onto a Micronesian island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. In its 68th year, OCD is the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands, impacting approximately 20,000 people across 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) enjoy the view after dropping supplies onto a Micronesian island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. In its 68th year, OCD is the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands, impacting approximately 20,000 people across 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) collect parachute cords after dropping supplies onto a Micronesian island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. OCD serves as a training platform for the U.S. Air Force and its partners to better train for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through the use of LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) collect parachute cords after dropping supplies onto a Micronesian island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. In its 68th year, OCD is the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands, impacting approximately 20,000 people across 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) cut free supplies above a Micronesian island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. OCD serves as a training platform for the U.S. Air Force and its partners to better train for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through the use of LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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RNZAF brings Christmas Cheer

Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmasters, CPL Toni Thompson (right) and SGT Ethan Moran, (left) prepare to cut free supplies above a Micronesian island as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2019, Dec. 11, 2019. OCD serves as a training platform for the U.S. Air Force and its partners to better train for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through the use of LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)

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