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CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan v -- When service members return home with their unit from a deployment, they normally get a celebratory welcome. Family and friends usually hold banners and balloons, waiting to be reunited. However, service members who return individually rarely get to experience the unit-level welcome familiar to most Americans.

TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan - From a wheelchair to the finish line, Sgt. 1st Class Raul Otero knows what it is like to keep fighting to stay in the fight. Soldiers train regularly on how to be resilient, on how to bounce back from stressful situations to maintain their statuses as good Soldiers or otherwise good citizens.

OKINAWA, Japan (May 20, 2014) -- One glance at a world map, and it's quickly clear that the Pacific Theater is both huge -- 9,000 miles wide and half the earth's surface -- and very blue.

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- More than 2,000 competitors participated in the second annual Bushido Mud Run May 10 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa.Bushido, a Japanese word, translates to the phrase “way of the warrior,” the theme for the 10-kilometer obstacle race that tested participants’ ability to run through various terrains.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Thirty-two people aboard a beautifully carved boat move in unison to the tempo set by a mallet striking a metal drum. Each time the drum sounds its command, two straight rows of people dig their oars into the water and pull backward with all their might.

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