 Every year, people throughout Japan come together to honor the spirits of their ancestors in a celebration called Obon. In Sasebo, the local community pays tribute to their loved ones with candlelit lanterns that are sent down the Sasebo River. This year, sailors from Naval Beach Unit 7 volunteered to help the local community celebrate Obon. The community, of course, has given us so much. We work hand-in-hand with our Japanese counterparts. More so than seeing it, I look forward to participating in it. It's just a shared part of my wife's culture because she too is Japanese. It's always important to, you know, show our support to the host nation and everything. So, I mean, any opportunity that we have, you know, it's just, it's always a pleasure to partake in, you know, do our part for the local community. Petty Officer Jeremy Graham, Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan.