civilian contractor Zakary Payne, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron deputy base civil engineer, provides opening remarks prior to the start of the 20th Annual Baby Salmon Release, Oirase Town, Japan, March 18 2017. Every year, Misawa Air Base community members partner with local Japanese citizens to release more than 400,000 young fish into the Oirase River to grow, breed and return for the annual Rokkasho Salmon Festival in the fall.

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