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AFN Pacific Update
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Features individual news stories about Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines serving in the Pacific region. Produced by American Forces Network Pacific.
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CATC Camp Fuji Hosts Garrison Games
Jul 28, 202500:01:09Tap to summarize(No Namekeys) Intro: Staff at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan hosted the first Garrison Games at their installation. Its a friendly competition to test Marines’ military stamina and skills against Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from neighboring garrisons. Outro: Camp Fuji Marines took home the traveling trophy this year. Next year another base will host the Garrison Games and teams will attempt to win the trophy away from the Marines. Creators envisioned that the games will continue for the foreseeable future.
Transcribe →CATC Camp Fuji Hosts Garrison Games
Jul 28, 202500:01:12Tap to summarizeStaff at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan hosted the first Garrison Games at their installation. Its a friendly competition to test Marines’ military stamina and skills against Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from neighboring garrisons. Camp Fuji Marines took home the traveling trophy this year. Next year another base will host the Garrison Games and teams will attempt to win the trophy away from the Marines. Creators envisioned that the games will continue for the foreseeable future.
Transcribe →B-Roll: 115th and 187th AMXS set up grounding equipment ahead of REFORPAC
Jul 28, 202500:01:20Tap to summarizeU.S. Air Force Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 115th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Truax Field, Wisconsin Air National Guard, and the 187th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Dannelly Field, Alabama Air National Guard, set up lightning protection systems at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of exercise Resolute Force Pacific, July 13, 2025. REFORPAC is part of the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise series, a new way of conducting operations in a contested, dynamic environment to build capabilities making a stronger, more lethal deterrent force. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 Joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 members at more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman Xavier Romero)
Transcribe →8A SHARP: Take Back the Night
May 13, 202500:00:29Tap to summarizeU.S. 8th Army Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention Program hosts Take Back the Night run/walk/march 5K at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, April 18, 2025. Take Back the Night was inspired by activists from 1970s who protested the lack of safety for women to walk around at night. The campaign aims to empower survivors, raise awareness and promote community involvement through organized marches, walks and runs. (U.S. Army video by Cpl. Inwoo Cho)
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