Tomodachi
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets Marines and their family members at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sunday. Clinton thanked the Marines for their participation in last year’s Operation Tomodachi—the name given to the U.S. military’s support for earthquake and tsunami victims in the Tohoku region.
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Debucho
The operation was great, even though almost no news outlets here reported about it.
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jessebaybay
Operation Tomodachi.... I can just imagine a high ranking US army official saying that..... "TOE''MOE'DAR'CHII"... cringe much.
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papigiulio
Nothing but respect for anyone who has helped out in Tohoku.
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silvertongue
Nuff respect yo!
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Dennis Bauer
Notice how the soldiers are "ranked" in size ;)
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globalwatcher
http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2011/03/operation-tomodachi-photos/
This is the weblink dated 3/15/11. It still makes me cry when I see this. During that time, we were all in this together beyond race, color of skin, language barrier, nationality, young/old, men/women for a cause in humanity.
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DentShop
Cue the bass line - boom, chikka, wah, wah
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TSRnow
Debucho, not enough reports? You must have been watching Youtube. They were all over television. I was especially moved by their operation in Oshima, an island off Kesennuma. They were isolated with little help until the USS Essex arrived.
I hope these are the only kind of news we hear about them in Japan. Of course they are only human, so occassionaly, they are not all good.
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konjo4u
The Marines in the photo appear humbled.
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T-Mack
Tomodachi , God, love's a Marine...Ranking is alway's tallest to smallest in the US Military. Angel's, love Sailor's....gambatte kudasai!!!!!!
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OssanAmerica
No it was widely reported on NHK and FujiTV as well. The Marines putting Sendai airport back into operation in a mere 3 days was spectacular.
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nisegaijin
This is such a load of crap! You must have watche the news with your TV off! It was all over the air. continuous footage with US marines sailing through flooded towns looking for survibors, setting up camps and field hospitals. thousands of interviews with the teams and the citizens. To alow this operation was by far the best decision by Japanese government in last 20 years.
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Laguna
Men instinctively assume this pose in two situations: football penalty kicks and when meeting Hilary Clinton.
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jessebaybay
^ they do that a lot.
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moeabdol
kawaii little kid <3
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Yubaru
Tell you what, while ya'll might have seen a lot of it up there in mainland, there was zero coverage on any of the local networks down here in Okinawa.
Seeing as how many of them came from here, ANYTHING that puts them in a good light would never be shown in Okinawa.
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Fadamor
I'm wondering: Were these marines actually part of Operation Tomodachi, or were they just the Embassy Guard detachment members available for the Clinton photoshoot? (and yes, if they were stationed at the Embassy during Operation Tomodachi, then I consider them to have been a part of it.) People rotate in and out of duty stations all the time.
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Farmboy
Operation Tomodachi was a good thing, and I sort of like the picture, though it appears to me that the Secretary of State is about to demonstrate her spinning roundhouse kick.
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caribjustice
@Farmboy LOL!!
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Blair Herron
@globalwatcher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIDiQu9fxdg
and thank you globalwatcher for your rescue mission to Tohoku❤
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