20th Infantry Regiment

U.S. soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and Japanese soldiers from 16th Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Regimental Combat Team, 4th D More

U.S. Army Capt. David McKenna, a communications officer with the 448th Civil Affairs Battalion, translates as Spc. Justin Teschner, a sniper with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Comba More

Japanese Sgt. Youhei Kaminota, a sniper with the 16th Regimental Combat Team, 4th Division, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, positions himself behind an M24 Sniper Weapon System to familiarize himself before fi More

U.S. Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, and Japanese soldiers with the 16th Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Regimental Combat Team, 4th Divi More

An aerial view of the Yakima Training Center, where currently the 16th Regimental Combat Team, 4th Division, Japan Ground Self Defense Force and U.S. Soldiers assigned to I Corps, are training together as part More

Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Lewis, Wash., check their radios before going on a search at the town of Hamim Al Alil near Mosul, Iraq.

First Lt. Harry Cromer and his interpreter talk to a service garage employee about insurgent activity. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone, 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

U.S. Army snipers assigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, observe and train Japanese snipers with the 16th Regimental Combat Team, Japan Ground Self-De More

Members of the 4th Tank Battalion, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force watch illumination rounds slowly fall from the sky ending their day at a tank gunnery range, Sept. 11 at Yakima Training Center, Wash. The t More

Japanese soldiers with the 16th Regimental Combat Team, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, move to their vehicles to prepare to train with U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Reg More

U.S. Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, take a break to eat lunch and chat with the members of the 4th Tank Battalion, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forc More

U.S. Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, and Japanese soldiers with the 16th Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Regimental Combat Team, 4th Divi More

Spc. Andrew Richardson, an indirect-fire infantryman, mortar platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, listens for the ra More

Pfc. Wellington Sturrup, a driver with Attack Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, stands atop the Stryker to which he is assigned. An infantryman, Sturrup is just one of the many soldiers who praise More

Soldiers from B Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., patrol a poppy field during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, southern Afghanistan, April 13. The operation's purpose was to c More

Pvt. Austin Schwab (center), an infantryman with B Troop, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., takes time out for tea with a soldier from the Afghan National Civil Order Police, April 14, a More

Lt. Col. Steven Soika, commander of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., listens to a brief from Capt. Andrew Figer, commander of the unit's B Company, during a break from Operation Eag More

Soldiers with Combined Task Force Arrowhead, Spin Boldak Fire Department firefighters and other personnel join together to remember the events of 9/11 during a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Spin Bo More

Spc. Heidi Olson holds an Afghan infant while in Afghanistan in this undated photo. Olson was recognized for her distinguished service by President Barack Obama during a ceremony held at the White House, July 4 More

Stryker crewmembers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, drive onto the range to zero their 105mm cannon at Yakima Training Center, WA., in preparation for qualification tables Sept. 7. The unit is takin More

Members of the 16th Regimental Combat Team, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, give Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, a demonstration More

U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Biasatti, center, and Spc. Peter Churchill, right, demonstrate advanced sniper techniques to soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, during Rising Thunder at the Yakima Training More

A motorcycle club invites Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers out for an evening ride, Sept. 15, 2013, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Miranda/Released)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Coulter, a platoon sergeant with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, looks back during a platoon live-fire training exercise at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sep More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglas Walter, commander, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, awards members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force certificates of training for completing sniper training at Yakima Train More

Allen Nakamoto (right), Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee commander, gives a tour to Maj. Gen. Takeyoshi Omori, deputy commander, 4th Division, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Sept. 22. The Seattle NVC Foundati More

U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan Rothe (left), a Long Island, N.Y., native and engineer with 18th Engineer Company, 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, speaks with Wayne Bublitz, of Auburn, Wash., during More

U.S. Army Spc. Heidi Olson, a medic with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, holds an Afghan infant while in Afghanistan in this undated photo. She sai More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Campbell unwraps his plastic utensils to begin enjoying his Thanksgiving meal Nov. 28, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Torkham. For Thanksgiving, Campbell says he is thankful for ability More

Husband and wife, U.S. Army Sgts. 1st Class Andrea and Marquis Williams, deployed together with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, meet at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Nov. 28, 2013, to share More

U.S. Army Pfc. William Amituanai, a Hilo, Hawaii, native and rifleman with 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, secures a M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle for rail transport Dec. 5, 201 More

Hope Solo (left) and Megan Rapinoe (right) hold the American flag while Lt. Col. Douglas Walter (middle-left), commander of 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry D More

A Soldier from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, clears a wall during a best squad competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aug. 8, 2014. The competition was designed to test the mental and physical resilie More

Stryker combat vehicles with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team move together to attack a simulated enemy force during training at Yakima Training Center, Wash., April 7, 201 More

Pfc. William Pullin, a radio/telephone operator, Company C, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, checks the battery on a Raven Unmanned Aerial System prior to the aircraft's flight test during a two-day Raven More

Soldiers with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment stand with their Indian Army partners from the 2/11 Gurhka Rifles Brigade on the parade field during the opening ceremony of exercise Yudh Abhyas at Joint Bas More

Soldiers assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, receive their mission brief during a situational training exercise at Joint Base Le More

Sgt. Shane Erickson, an infantryman with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division prepare to conduct bounding movements during a situ More

U.S. Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, and Japanese soldiers with the 16th Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Regimental Combat Team, 4th Divi More

Japanese Maj. Gen. Takeyoshi Omori, the deputy commander of 4th Division, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, thanks a U.S. Army helicopter pilot by giving him and his crew a Japanese coin for excellence after an More

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Alicea, a sniper assigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, watches as Japan Ground Self Defense Force Sgt. Yuusuke Nakasato, More

A soldier from 16th Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Regimental Combat Team, 4th Division, holds miniature U.S. and Japanese flags following the opening ceremony for Operation Rising Thunder Sept. 4 at the Yakim More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mitchell Shaw, a sniper section leader with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, briefs U.S. Soldiers and members of the Japanese G More

First Lt. Harry Cromer and 2nd Platoon Soldiers hand out flyers searching for insurgent's and weapons caches. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone, 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Lewis, Wash., get briefed going on a search at the town of Hamim Al Alil near Mosul, Iraq.

U.S. Army Pfc. Adam Padilla, right, an infantryman with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, chats and shares family photos with Japanese Sgt. Tomotsugu Sudu, a tank gunner More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Billy Brashears, a platoon sergeant with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, looks for targets to call out to his gunne More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Goodwin, a fire support officer with Alpha Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and Japanese 1st Sgt. Teruhiko Tanaka, a forward obse More

Japanese Sgt. 1st Class Ryuji Hira, a sniper with the 16th Regimental Combat Team, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, covers his ghillie suit with vegetation during a sniper exercise in cooperation with U.S. Army More

A Japanese soldier renders his salute to the flag during an opening ceremony for Operation Rising Thunder at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 4, 2013. The exercise aimed to improve and validate the Japa More

Spc. Clifford Woodward, an indirect fire infantryman, mortar platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, drops a mortar rou More

Pfc. Wellington Sturrup, a driver with Attack Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, dons on his gear prior to getting into the hatch of the Stryker Combat Vehicle to which he is assigned. An infantrym More

Pvt. Austin Schwab, an infantryman with B Troop, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., looks back for instructions while pulling security duty during a combat mission in Didar, southern Afgh More

Soldiers from B Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., scan their sectors of fire in a field in the town of Didar, southern Afghanistan, April 13. The operation's purpose was to clea More

An Afghan National Civil Order Patrol offier comforts a crying child during a break from Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, southern Afghanistan, April 14. The operation's purpose was to clear the town of impro More

Soldiers with Combined Task Force Arrowhead, Spin Boldak Fire Department firefighters and other personnel join together to remember the events of 9/11 during a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Spin Bo More

Members of the 16th Regimental Combat Team, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, give Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, a demonstration More

Stryker crew members with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, get into position to zero their 105mm cannon at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., in preparation for qualification tables Sept. 7, 2013. (U More

U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Quillia, right, demonstrates advanced sniper techniques to soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, during Rising Thunder at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 10, 2013. Risi More

John Wilson welcomes Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers and invites them for an evening out Sept. 15, 2013, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Miranda/Released)

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers kneel as they wait for movement orders during a platoon live-fire training exercise at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 17, 2013. Rising Thunder is a U.S. Army-h More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglas Walter, commander of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, awards members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force certificates of training for completing sniper training at the Ya More

Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, commander, 7th Infantry Division (left) examines a World War II-era uniform with a 7th Infantry Division patch, part of a collection curated by Rian Ebesugawa (center) of the Seattle Ni More

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Harry Miller (Retired), of Edmonds, Wash., reminisces with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeffery Hellman, an engineer with 18th Engineer Company, 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th In More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Noe Salinas, senior enlisted leader, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, helps serve the traditional Thanksgiving meal to soldiers at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam N More

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Steven Fontenette slathers some gravy on a soldier’s Thanksgiving meal before handing it to him Nov. 28, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, while working on the serving line. Fontene More

U.S. Army Pfc. Derrek Trujillo, a Sacramento, Calif., native and a mechanic with 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, inspects an Army vehicle in preparation for rail transport Dec. 5, 2013. More

Hope Solo (right), an American soccer goalkeeper and a two-time Olympic gold medalist from Richland, Wash., presents a signed game shirt to Spc. Diana Zuniga at Memorial Stadium in Seattle March 27, 2014. Solo More

A Soldier from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, runs with a tow bar during a best squad competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aug. 8, 2014. The squad carried two tow bars, each tow bar supported by two More

A U.S. Army Soldier with Company Alpha, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, watches for simulated enemy forces during training at Yakima Training Center, Wash, April 7, 2015. More

Sgt. Kevin Random and Pfc. Taylor Smith, infantrymen assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, take a tactical pause in their patrol d More

A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force assigned to the 16th Regimental Combat Team, 4th Division, stands in formation with U.S. Soldiers during the beginning of a live-fire exercise at the Yakima Tr More

Japanese Maj. Gen. Takeyoshi Omori, the deputy commander of 4th Division, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, thanks U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darrell R. O'Steen, the commander of the Yakima Training Center, for an aeria More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglas Walter, the commander of 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, completes his remarks during the opening ceremony for Operation Rising Thunder at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., Se More

U.S. Army Spc. Andrew Anthony, left, a spotter assigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, teaches Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers, with 1 More

Spc. Andrew Anthony, spotter, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, teaches Japanese snipers the way American snipers engage a target Sept. 5, at the Yak More

Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Lewis, Wash., get briefed going on a search at the town of Hamim Al Alil near Mosul, Iraq.

Second platoon Soldiers inspect a Mosul grain plant service garage searching for insurgent caches. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone, 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Japanese 1st Sgt. Teruhiko Tanaka, a forward observer sergeant, and Sgt. 1st Class Yuji Matsumoto, both with the 16th Infantry Regiment, Heavy Mortar Company, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, determine the a More

U.S. Army Pfc. Adam Padilla, right, an infantryman with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and Japanese Sgt. Tomotsugu Sudu, a gunner with 4th Tank Battalion, Japanese Gr More

U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Howard, right, a senior sniper, gives pointers Pvt. Derrick Moster, a sniper, on how to prepare camouflage for a ghillie suit prior to a training exercise during Rising Thunder at the Yak More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, left, the commander of 7th Infantry Division, greets Japanese Maj. Gen. Takeyoshi Omari, the deputy commander, 4th Division, prior to the opening ceremony for Operation Rising More

A U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicle assigned to Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, rumbles across a range during a live-fire training exercise More

Three Gun mortar team is made up of Pfc. Josh Dirrigle, indirect fire infantryman; Spc. Andrew Richardson, indirect fire infantryman; Spc. Clifford Woodward, indirect fire infantryman; and Spc. Christian Olivar More

Sgt. Brandon Bedard, an infantryman with Attack Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, stands in front of the Stryker vehicle to which he is assigned during a break from mission on Forward Operating Ba More

Sgt. Josh White, an infantryman with B Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., signals soldiers behind him to forge ahead during a clearing mission in Didar, southern Afghanistan, Apr More

Pvt. Austin Schwab, an infantryman with B Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, listens to direction while pulling security during a break from Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, southern Afghanistan, More

Soldiers with Combined Task Force Arrowhead, Spin Boldak Fire Department firefighters and other personnel join together to remember the events of 9/11 during a memorial ceremony at Forward Operating Base Spin B More

Stryker crew members with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, fire and zero their 105mm cannon at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., in preparation for qualification tables Sept. 7, 2013. (U.S. Army pho More

Members of the 16th Regimental Combat Team, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, give Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, a demonstration More

U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Quillia, right, demonstrates advanced sniper techniques to soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, during Rising Thunder at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 10, 2013. Risi More

Japan Ground Self Defense Force Sgt. Junya Takahara takes a picture of the food served at a barbecue restaurant Sept. 15, 2013, near Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Miranda/Released)

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers form a line with tanks after completing their part of a joint U.S. and Japanese live-fire exercise during exercise Rising Thunder 2013 at Yakima Training Center, Wash., More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglas Walter, commander, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, awards members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force certificates of training for completing sniper training at Yakima Train More

Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, commander, 7th Infantry Division (center), and Command Sgt. Maj. Delbert Byers speak with World War II veteran Sam Mitsui of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee. Soldiers of the 7th In More

U.S. Army Sgt. Clinton Davis (right), a Cannon Crewmember with 1st Battalion, 37th Infantry Regiment, 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, listens as Lyle Voellger, of Auburn, Wash., shares a More

U.S. Army Sgt. Carlos Hardy dives into his Thanksgiving holiday meal at Forward Operating Base Wright, Nov. 28, 2013. Hardy is a cavalry scout with 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, More

U.S. Army Maj. Jeremy Secrest, operations officer for 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, takes some time away from planning missions to help slice and serve the Thanksgiving roast to soldiers in his More

Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, hoist a tire into the back of a Humvee during a best squad competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aug. 8, 2014. The competition combined physical fitness te More

U.S. Army Soldiers, Stryker Combat Vehicles and helicopters work together to defeat a simulated enemy force during training at Yakima Training Center, Wash., April 7, 2015. This training required the coordinati More