The Juice=Juice Thread

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Team J=J, all 11 of them, having fun in their R&R near Naval Station Okinawa:




Commander Inoue performing her duties diligently as the new incoming Executive Officer, looking after her younger charges:



While the Osaka combi, Riai and Ichika went around town with their mischievous antics:





Warrant Officer Sakurachi stayed behind at their base tent grilling food in the BBQ for hungry Kisaki, Ringo and Mifu



After the Okinawa night mission concluded, Sergeant Kawashima said that she was having too much fun, and she don't wanna return to their home base in Tokyo. Outgoing Commanding Officer Uemura responded in her typical motherly nature:

Kawashima: Its too much fun here!! I don't wanna go home!
Uemura: OK, I'll leave you here then

https://c-ute.doorblog.jp/archives/58422590.html

Lieutenant Matsunaga: Mifu is necessary for Juice's future, so we're DEFINITELY taking her home with us:

https://x.com/47papapa/status/1796865507834118574

When the time comes for her to get promoted to Commander, Riai is definitely suited to be a Top Gun instructor:



What a good group!

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The Admiralty has made a formal announcement that Captain Ruru Danbara has been officially appointed the new Commanding Officer of Team JUICE. She will be assisted by Commander Rei Inoue, who will serve as the new Executive Officer of the elite group. The duo will officially begin their tenure after the official handing over ceremony by Rear-Admiral Akari Uemura who will be departing the team for higher office.

Source:
https://c-ute.doorblog.jp/archives/58436311.html

Congratulations to Captain Danbara and Commander Inoue. May Juice continue to reach further heights from here on:

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Team JUICE performed their first mission under the command of Captain Danbara Ruru:




Every member wore the Special Warfare tags they received from their former Commanding Officer, Rear-Admiral Uemura Akari:






Overseeing the mission, in attendance among the crowd are Admiral Miyazaki Yuka and Rear-Admiral Uemura Akari:



Admiral Uemura imparting some words of wisdom to Tako (Lieutenant-Commander Kudo Yume)



Yume also took the opportunity to interact with the Fifth Fleet's Admiral after completing the mission:

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After the conclusion of The summer "ALL OF US" Campaign, Special Warfare Division received orders to be assigned to the Fifth Fleet.

Fifth Fleet's Commanding Admiral, Miyazaki Yuka convened a special meeting at the Flag Officer's Club Cafe to discuss their clandestine operation. In attendance at this high level Tea session are Admiral Miyazaki's own former team-mates and close friends, Special Warfare's Rear Admiral Uemura Akari and Naval Research and Development's Rear Admiral Miyamoto Karin

YUKA: We should never discuss mission details on an empty stomach, Uemu.

AKARI: I wholeheartedly agree, Admiral. As long as you're the one paying... 



YUKA: KARIN, PUT THE DAMN CAMERA DOWN! This is supposed to be a SECRET MEETING!



KARIN [groaning and complaining]: Oh, C'mon Yuka-chan...its not everyday that the 3 of us can meet here like this!!

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https://www.youtube.com/live/pkWhm4M3r7M

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OG Members of the Admiralty, ADM Miyazaki, RADM Uemura and RADM Miyamoto joined the current active duty members of Juice when they celebrated J=J Day this year on 10th October. It was also revealed by Yuka that retired Ensign Yanagawa Nanami joined in the celebration after the mission:

Connecting the past and present, JUICE will always be a FAMILIA:

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[REI INOUE was checking through the instrument panels of the F-20 jet when she heard the sound of someone climbing on the cat ladder leading to her cockpit]

REI: Rio-chan? How come you're here?

FLT KITAGAWA RIO: Morning, Ma'am. It's my turn to do deck officer pre-launch duties, Commander.

REI: I thought hotshot pilots get special treatment on board this ship.

RIO: Considering we have JUICE on board, I'm more inclined to believe it's your unit that deserves special treatment on board Morning Musume, Commander.

REI: Still, I guess I can consider myself privileged to have one of Morning's ace aviators strapping me in for this mission.

RIO: And it's been my honour to be of service to Special Warfare's elite officer, Commander Inoue [salutes REI]. Good luck, Ma'am.

[Elsewhere on board the MUSUME...]


LCDR KUDO YUME: Why is it so hot in here on your ship, Mei?




FLT YAMAZAKI MEI: It can't be helped, Yume. But perhaps we could cool down in the freezing cockpit of Rio-chan's F-18.

YUME: Are you sure that's ok?

MEI: Trust me, comrade...when have I ever let you down?

YUME: You're on! Lead the way!

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ONBOARD THE ANGERME

[Team JUICE members wearily disembarked from the C2 Greyhound Aircraft after an exhausting mission, glad to be finally within the safety of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Angerme]

FLT Matsunaga Riai: Captain! Look! [pointing towards the ship's flagpole]

CAPT Danbara Ruru: 2 silver stars on a melon green naval ensign flag. That could only mean one thing.

CMDR Inoue Rei: Admiral Uemura's here? Did you know about this Ruru?

Ruru: Nope. But whatever it is, it must be something important, for our flag officer to travel all the way here.

Rei: OK girls, get some rest and sleep if you can. We have a feeling we're gonna need it.

[As Ruru and Rei continued their journey to the Tactical Operations Center, they bumped into Ocha's leading duo, LTC Saito and Major Hiromoto Ruri]

LTC Saito Madoka: Danbara-san, Inoue-san. So you got the message too?

Ruru: What have you heard, Madopi?

Madoka: Here's the transcript. All Commanders of Special Warfare units to report to TOC for a classified briefing. COs and XOs only.

[Ruru and Rei exchanged puzzled glances at each other, as they turned the corner to the briefing room, they knocked on the door]

"Enter!"

[Ruru, Rei, Madoka and Ruri stood at attention, greeting in unison]: Evening, Admiral!

RADM Uemura Akari: At ease. Sit down, guys. [smiling] Its so good to see you all again.

Ruru: This is a surprise, Admiral. You could've wired your orders from Yokosuka, Ma'am

Akari: I guess I could, Captain. But unfortunately the nature and scope of this particular mission is highly sensitive in nature. I could not risk any messages being intercepted by hostile forces. As such, I can only rely on and deploy the units that I can personally trust, which at the moment, are Juice and Ocha.

Ruri: Is this a HVT extraction or rescue mission, Ma'am?

Akari: You're right, Ruri. On both counts. Our high value asset is Professor Takeuchi Mariya-san.

Ruru and Rei: THE TAKEUCHI MARIYA-san?! Architect of the Plastic Love combat maneuvers?

Akari: That's right. Mariya-san personally taught me, Captain Danbara and Commander Inoue these tactics back in our younger days at the Naval Academy. Plastic Love combat doctrine has brought Juice a lot of success, as you may know.

Madoka: But why her, Admiral?

Akari: She's been working on AI that could generate combat solutions on the fly based on Plastic Love's algorithm. An AI that gathers battlefield inputs from pilots in the air, special forces on ground and sea units to generate many combat solutions to achieve any mission objectives. As you can imagine, this made Prof Takeuchi a prime target for abduction, because only she could unlock the full potential of the AI system. I can't deploy any of your units until I talked to you guys about this. So? Are you in?

Ruru and Rei: You know you don't have to ask, Admiral. Count us in.

Madoka: Ocha's at your service too, Admiral.

Akari: Good, let's continue then...

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GUARD: Welcome to the Budokan, Admirals! [salutes]. Here are your Security Passes. Your seats will be at the VIP OG Section at the North Wing.




After the conclusion of the Live Mission, with the exception of Rear-Admiral Miyamoto who had work elsewhere, the rest of the OGs retained their custom of taking a commemorative group photo with the active duty JUICE members: