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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. T. B. Carroll Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KEEN EDGE '96 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SRA C.M. Ricardo Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KEEN EDGE '96 Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SRA C. M. Ricardo Release Status: Released t More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KEEN EDGE '96 Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SRA C. M. Ricardo Release Status: Released t More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sendai Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Lance CPL. Rendon Reyes Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ted Banks, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iwo Jima Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Cory P. Griffith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Henner, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Henner, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather L. Tower, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather L. Tower, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Steve Wallace, CIV, USAF Release Statu More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Steve Wallace, CIV, USAF Release Statu More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Steve Wallace, CIV, USAF Release Statu More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca More

U.S. Marine Col. Preston W. Jones speaks to students and instructors of the Japan Joint Staff College July 3 at Camp Courtney. The discussion gave the students and instructors an overview of the III Marine Expe More

Members of the U.S. Army Japan Band interact with Japanese locals after a bilateral concert with the Japan Self Defense Force Northeastern Army Band at a displacement camp, Toho Middle School, Tagajo City, Japa More

Service members from each branch of the Japan Self-Defense Force and the U.S. armed forces march on the colors before both countries’ national anthems were sung at the Marine Wing Liaison hanger here March 17. More

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force load supplies onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during the Shizuoka Disaster Drill at the Shizuoka airport Sept. 2. During the drill, the airport was used as a comma More

Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle aboard the USS Denver during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locatio More

Lance Cpl. Jordan A. Finestone posts security on the back of an assault amphibious vehicle during an amphibious landing at Camp Schwab during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 15. Keen Sword allows U.S. and Japanes More

Retired Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, former chief of staff of the Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Forces, receives a the Legion of Merit medal pinned by U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th A More

U.S. soldiers stand in formation during the opening ceremony of exercise Yama Sakura (YS) 63 in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan on Dec. 6, 2012. YS is an annual, bilateral exercise between the U.S. military a More

Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Col. Noritaka Ito, left, a liaison officer assigned to U.S. Army Japan, looks over notes translated by interpreter Mayuko Omoto during the Sapporo Epicenter humanitarian assi More

U.S. Marines with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force participate in Exercise Iron First 2013 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 13, 2013. The purpose of the bilat More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Fernan P. Diamse, right, demonstrates the life-like texture of a mannequin’s skin to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Yoshiro Oshika March 28 at the III Marine Expedi More

Sgt. Bryon D. Boyd watches as Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers perform drill movements April 26 at Camp Itazuma, Gotenba, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan as part of their basic enlisted English course curriculum. T More

U.S. Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit exit a MV-22 Osprey while conducting amphibious assault operations with Japanese Self-Defense Forces on San Clemente Island June 17, 2013. Dawn Blitz 2013 re More

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks as the guest of honor during the 2013 Okinawa Memorial Service for All War Dead June 23 at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Park in Itoman. Abe expressed remorse on More

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and Rear Adm. Shigeki Yanagida, surgeo More

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general, and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and Rear Adm. Fumihiko Hirata, Commander, Japan Self Defense Force Hospital, Yokosuka, discuss the importance o More

Col. Hector Velez (right), U.S. exercise director for Khaan Quest 2013, and Mongolian Armed Forces Col. B. Baatar (center), commanding officer of Tavan Tolgoi (Five Hills) Training Area, greet Gen. Shigeru Iwas More

Col. Scott F. Stebbins delivers the keynote address at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Okinawa conference Sept. 20 at the Crow’s Nest on Camp Shields. Stebbins is the commanding offi More

Japan Self Defense Forces' Deployment Air Force for Counter-Piracy Enforcement members view the inside of a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a familiarization tour at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Dec. 3, 2013 More

I Corps’ senior staff including the chaplain and the personnel section’s chief of operations presented briefings to and led discussions with Japanese leaders about three programs: sexual harassment and assault More

Japan Air Self-Defense Lt. Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, center right, discusses the capabilities of the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft Jan. 19 with U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Larry G. Brown, center left, and U.S. More

Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler talks to one of the children role players at the Non-Combatant Evacuation Drill at Utaphao, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 16 during Cobra Gold 2014. Utilizing joint service and multinational More

Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. service members pose for photos prior to the 43rd annual USO Service Salute March 8 at the Butler Officers’ Club on Camp Foster. Seven JSDF and U.S. service members were nomina More

Marine Corps planners and executors of disaster relief operations, as well as Japan Self-Defense Force liaison officers, watch a video during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief lecture May 1 on Camp More

Wasaku Tatsumichi, left, helps U.S. Marine Col. Andrew J. Kostic don a U.S.-Japan Fuji Friendship Association robe May 10 during the Fuji Friendship Festival 2014 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji. The More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Capt. Takehiro Oishi, right, discusses responses to a simulated earthquake with U.S. Army Col. David W. Detata, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Donald J. Presto during a moc More

Capt. Keith Henry, commanding officer of Naval Air Facility (NAF) Misawa, (far right), escorts Rear Adm. Terry Kraft, Commander, Naval Forces Japan, (center right), and senior Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Gilberto Morales, left, demonstrates how to complete a standard field sobriety test to Japan Air Self-Defense Force Staff Sgt. Akinori Kobayashi, right, during a visit by Japan Self-Defense Fo More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brian D. Psolka, front-left, and members of the Northeastern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force move humanitarian aid and disaster relief supplies aboard an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor air More

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joshua A. Stone, center left, takes a bow as he is introduced alongside U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Marvin Cardo, far left, Philippine Air Force Col. Arturo Orticio More

Marines in a drum line perform Nov. 14 at the Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo during the 2014 Japan Self-Defense Force Marching Band Festival. The festival is an annual event celebrating the anniversary of the JS More

(From left to right) The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97), the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) tank landing ship JDS Shimokita (LST 4002), the JMSDF guided-missile destroyer JDS Chokai More

U.S. service members and Japan Self-Defense Force members relax and share a laugh before being recognized at the 44th annual USO Service Salute Feb. 7 at the Kadena Officers’ Club on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. T More

Army Maj. Gen. James F. Pasquarette (left), commanding general, U.S. Army Japan (USARJ), discusses his command's makeup, mission and capabilities with Army Col. Stephen J. Grabski (right), deputy commander, USA More

An Okinawan emergency responder awaits the signal to arrive on-scene to a simulated disaster relief site during an Okinawa Prefectural Government disaster response exercise at Atta Port, Japan, Sept. 5, 2015. T More

Marines prepare to board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for the final exercise of Forest Light 16-1 at Camp Imazu, Takashima, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. The Marines were airlifted by the helicopters to move to More

A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force warship steams ahead, near Tokyo Bay, during the 28th iteration of the JMSDF Fleet Review, Oct. 18, 2015. Approximately 28 aircraft from the JMSDF, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine More

Lt. Col. Masamitsu Taniguchi, dental chief assigned to JSDF Central Hospital, Tokyo, presents Maj. Demarcio Reed, commander of U.S. Army DENTAC-J, with a gift after the mission brief from Reed during the JSDF d More

Dr. Ray Welch, left, jokes with pilot trainees from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force March 24 during a tour of Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. According to Welch, hosting members of the JSDF is a great way More

An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, begins to takeoff April 17 from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. United States Forces, Japan is providing operational More

160422-N-ZI646-147 YATSUSHIRO BAY, Japan (April 22, 2016) An MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is loaded with relief suppl More

160422-N-ZI646-106 YATSUSHIRO BAY, Japan (April 22, 2016) An MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit approaches the destroyer h More

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni hosted friendship day May 5, 2016. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has conducted a single-day air show and open house specifically designed to foster positive relationships between the More

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni hosted friendship day May 5, 2016. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has conducted a single-day air show and open house specifically designed to foster positive relationships between the More

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni hosted friendship day May 5, 2016. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has conducted a single-day air show and open house specifically designed to foster positive relationships between the More

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni hosted friendhsip day May 5, 2016. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has conducted a single-day air show and open house specifically designed to foster positive relationships between the More

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni hosted friendship day May 5, 2016. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has conducted a single-day air show and open house specifically designed to foster positive relationships between the More

A service member raises a Japanese child to see through the windows of an aircraft during the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day 2016 Air Show, May 5, 2016. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has conducted a More

Guests crowd the gates at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan in anticipation of the Friendship Day 2016 air show, May 5, 2016. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has conducted a single-day air show and open house sp More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Elisha Keller, training officer with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, explains air support operations to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Mitsuhiko Nakadai and J More

Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones (right), commander, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, and Army Maj. Nolan D. Roggenkamp (center), operations officer, USAABJ, discuss how to best coordinate aviation assets with t More

Lt. Gen. Naotada Moriyama, left, and Lt. Gen. Larry Nicholson, left center, pose for a photo with attendees of the Japan Self-Defense Force Fire Power Demonstration Aug. 28 at the East Fuji Maneuver Area aboard More

TINIAN, Northern Marianas Islands -- U.S. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) conducted close air support training for their Japanese counterpart during Exercise Keen Sword 17 on the island of Tinian, Nov. More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, and Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Staff of the Japan Joint Staff, held a press conference a More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, and Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Staff of the Japan Joint Staff, held a press conference a More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, and Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Staff of the Japan Joint Staff, held a press conference a More

Sri Lanka Armed Forces Col. Shantha Herath (left), Brigade Commander of Mechanized Infantry, and Royal Thai Navy Capt. Nukanan Seanubol observe a non-combatant evacuation operation exercise during Cobra Gold 20 More

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Jolyon Gidari, a headquarters platoon commander with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines currently attached to Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, calls in a 9-line duri More

170304-N-RB546-033 CAMP ASAKA, Japan (March 4, 2017) Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) and U.S. Military members stand in formation during the opening ceremony of the 23rd Annual All JSDF Wrestling Tournament in More

170420-N-NB544-192 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. John Kadz, mini boss of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), gives a tour of Bonhomme Richard’s hangar bay to Japan Self-Defense Forc More

170420-N-WF272-558 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Cmdr. Jason Stumpf, air boss of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), gives a tour of Bonhomme Richard’s flight deck to Japan Self-Defense Force More

170420-N-WF272-632 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Cmdr. Jason Stumpf, air boss of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), gives a tour of Bonhomme Richard’s flight deck to Japan Self-Defense Force More

170420-N-NB544-006 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Capt. Ed Thompson, deputy commander, Amphibious Force U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks with staff and students of the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Joint Staff College More

170427-N-RU971-121 SASEBO, Japan (April 27, 2017) Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) senior leadership cross the brow of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) before taking part in familiariz More

170427-N-XT039-1147 SASEBO, Japan (April 27, 2017) Capt. Kurt Eichenmuller, right, from San Diego, the senior medical officer aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), gives a tour of the More

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Warrant Officer Toshiaki Miyamae, Joint Staff senior enlisted adviser to the chief of staff, gives a briefing during the bilateral Enlisted Leader (SEL) Symposium at Yokota Air More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with his Japan counterpart Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, at the Pentagon, July 27 More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Air Force Col. John Klein, commander of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, after arriving at Travis Air Force Base for a refuel st More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Navy Adm. Harry Harris, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, at PACOM headquarters at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Navy Adm. Harry Harris, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, before departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 12, 2017 More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Republic of Korea Gen. Lee Sun-jin, chairman of the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Aug. 14, 201 More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participates in a welcome ceremony with his Chinese counterpart Gen. Fang Fenghui at the Ba Yi, Aug. 15, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, departs an aircraft after arriving in Shenyang, China, Aug. 16, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives at Ba Yi -- the headquarters of the Peoples' Liberation Army -- before meeting with Chinese Gen. Fan Chanlong, vice chairm More

A U.S. Marine Corps crew chief sits on a MV-22 Osprey flying over Hokkaido, Japan, August 18, 2017, in support of Northern Viper 2017. This exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Ja More