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Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, departs Yokota Air Base Aug. 19, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

Pfc. Tyler J. Nye (left) and Cpl. Tyler D. Reed (right), both landing support specialist, prepare to attach a container to a CH-53E Super Stallion during external lift training at Draughon Range near Misawa Air More

Sgt. Mitchell Castner, a landing support specialist, climbs down a ladder during external lift training at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 21, 2017, in support of exercise Northern Viper 17. More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, boards his plane as he departs Andrews Air Force Base, Aug. 24, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

The French Naval Band performs a Daft Punk tribute during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo held at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, Aug. 25, 2017. This year performers from 50 countries have taken part in the Tat More

CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan— Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson gives his opening remarks during the 4th Annual Okinawa Leadership Social Sept. 29 at Tengan Castle aboard Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. Leaders fr More

Service members from the Japanese and U.S. military eat, drink, and talk with each other during a Sergeant's Major meet and greet at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2017. The event was held between U.S. More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2017) A member of the Japanese Self-Defense Force cleans a .50-caliber machine gun while assisting in conducting maintenance on amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) in the truck tunnel of t More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2017) Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Force assist in conducting maintenance on amphibious assault vehicles in the truck tunnel of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock sh More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2017) Marine Sgt. Mark Morgan, from Cincinnati, Ohio, assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), background, oversees a member of the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) conduc More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2017) Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) conduct training in the truck tunnel of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Dawn Bl More

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Bergeson, Deputy Commander, United Nations Command Korea; Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, after land More

CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan— Players jump for a ball during a volleyball game Nov. 27 aboard Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan. The game was part of a cultural exchange between Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Mari More

U.S. Army Capt. Frederick Sherman, right, shows Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Eiji Shimamori an Air Defense Artillery site during a tour Jan. 30 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Throu More

MCAS FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan— Col. Mark Coppess gives a brief to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force officer candidates March 23 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The brief covered the cooperat More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers with the 15th Brigade and Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, prepare for the annual Naha Dragon Boat race on May 3, 2018 at Camp More

180929-N-XK398-1045 SUBIC BAY, Republic of the Philippines (Sept. 29, 2018) Seaman Sydney Aust, from Lawton, Oklahoma, looks through “big eye” binoculars on the port-side bridge wing of the amphibious dock land More

181002-N-XK398-1060 SUBIC BAY, Republic of the Philippines (Oct. 02, 2018) Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) enter the well deck of the amphibi More

181002-N-XK398-1017 SUBIC BAY, Republic of the Philippines (Oct. 03, 2018) Cmdr. Patrick L. German, Ashland’s commanding officer, left, and Brig. Gen. Chris A. McPhillips, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Comma More

181004-N-XK398-1098 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 04, 2018) Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) drive an AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicle into the wel More

181004-N-XK398-1064 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 04, 2018) Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) observe AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicle operations in More

181005-N-XK398-1036 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 05, 2018) The Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1633 departs the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) as part of a training exercise for KAMANDA More

181006-N-XK398-1087 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 06, 2018) Marines, attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), enter an AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicle inside the well deck of the amphibious dock landin More

181010-N-XK398-1110 SUBIC BAY, Republic of the Philippines (Oct. 10, 2018) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) prepares to conduct final AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicle operations with so More

A Soldier of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force adjusts the camouflage netting on an AN/MPQ-50 Pulse Acquisition Radar prior to a JGSDF MIM-23 Improved Hawk live-fire training exercise conducted at Camp McGreg More

OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 29, 2019) — Lt. j.g. Matt Johnston, attached to the "Golden Swordsmen" of Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, speaks with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force servicemembers attached to Fleet Air Wing 5 More

190130-N-KG618-1021 OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 30, 2019) — Aircrewman (Operator) 2nd Class Kristen Robinson, attached to the "Golden Swordsmen" of Patrol Squadron 47, speaks with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ser More

U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, left, Japan Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Koji Yamazaki, center, and III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General Lt. Gen. Eric Smith pose for a picture More

U.S. Marine Corps water support technicians with Combat Logistics Regiment 3 Support Detachment, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, fill water jugs on Iwo To, Japan March 22, 2019. The water support technicians made p More

Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps color guards carry the colors at the 74th Annual Reunion of Honor ceremony March 23, 2019 at Iwo To, Japan. The reunion remembers veterans who fought for their res More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kristopher Ulbrich, left, and Dean Ladd, right, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, poses for a photo on Iwo To, Japan March 23, 2019. The 74th Reunion of Honor ceremony remembers veterans who More

Members of the United States Armed Forces and the Japanese Self Defense Force gather for a conference aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 19, 2019. The purpose of this conference was to coordinate effective More

190424-N-WY954-019 CAMP SMITH (April 24, 2019) – Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), Adm. Phil Davidson, and the Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, of Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Gen. Koji Yamaz More

190502-N-UY393-0058 DILI, Timor-Leste (May 2, 2019) – Australian Army Lt. Col. Robyn Fellowes, assigned to Pacific Partnership 2019 (PP19), discusses procedures for a natural disaster scenario with group member More

Marines and Sailors with AFN Iwakuni set up for the 43rd Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day held at MCAS Iwakuni, May 5, 2019. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has held a single-day air sho More

Matt Harvey, left, and Larry Compton, members with Team Fastrax, the world’s largest professional parachute team, pose for a photo from a KC-130J Super Hercules, with Marine Aerial Refueler-Transport Squadron ( More

U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Air Self-Defense Force leaders listen to a tactics brief during a JASDF Marine Aircraft Group 36 visit June 3, 2019 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Key leaders f More

U.S. Army Spc. Mathew Gunter, a satellite maintainer with 78 Signal Battalion, wipes a memorial wall during a cleanup June 15 at Peace Memorial Park, Okinawa, Japan. The cleanup was done in preparation for Okin More

Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel conduct lifesaving drills on a dummy during Remote Island Disaster Exercise at Yaeyama Islands, Japan, Sept. 1, 2019. RIDEX is a disaster drill exercise, implemented to ma More

A convoy of Japan Self-Defense Force, Komatsu Light Armored Vehicles drive by during Remote Island Disaster Exercise training at Yaeyama Islands, Japan, Sept. 1, 2019. RIDEX is a disaster drill exercise, implem More

U.S. NavyLt. Cmdr. Thomas Koehler, contingency branch chief assigned to Combined JointTask Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), briefs U.S. noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) rules of engagement during a Japan More

U.S. Army Spc. Gudiel Ventura, rifleman with Bravo Company 2-113th Infantry assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), prepares for the bilateral field training exercise (FTX) in Djibouti, More

Philippine Marine Sgt. Roderick Moreno and other Philippine and U.S. Reconnaissance Marines exchange experiences during exercise KAMANDAG 3 at Katungkulan Beach, Marine Barracks Gregorio Lim, Philippines, Oct. More

Commanders from each guest band participating in the Japan Self-Defense Force Marching Festival stand on stage to be presented gifts from the JSDF band leaders during the reception for the festival in Tokyo, Ja More

The Ground Self-Defense Force 302nd Military Police Company performs during the 2019 Japan Self-Defense Forces Marching Festival at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 29, 2019. The festiva More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Frake and Sgt. Kyle Mowery perform during the 2019 Japan Self-Defense Forces Marching Festival at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 30, 2019. The festival i More

Japan Minister of Defense Tarō Kōno speaks to Yama Sakura 77 participants, with Japan Self-Defense Force General Koji Yamazaki, Japan Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Gary J. Volesky, I Corps More

Australian army Maj. Gen. Daniel F. McDaniel, deputy commanding general-north, U.S. Army Pacific, discusses ongoing exercise Yama Sakura 77 (YS 77) and increased joint force integration for U.S., Japan Self-Def More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Susumu Umeda, JGSDF provost marshal, shakes hands with U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Angel Rodriguez, U.S. Army, Japan force protection non-commissioned officer in charge, d More

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Eastern Army service member holds the Japanese national flag during the Yama Sakura 77 closing ceremony at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 15, 2019. Since 1982, Yama Sakura exercises h More

191217-N-KK192-1192 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 17, 2019) Vice Adm. William Merz, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks to students attending a joint advanced course at Japan’s Joint War College about the role 7th Fleet More

SASEBO, JAPAN (Feb. 20, 2020) Sgt. Austin Green, a motor transportation operator with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), teaches service members with Logistics Support Ba More

200206-N-KP021-0052 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 26, 2020) General Koji Yamazaki, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Japan Self-Defense Forces, salutes a Sailor assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer US More

A V-22 Osprey aircraft bound for the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) based at Camp Kisarazu prepares to depart Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, July 6, 2020. The ferry flight from MCAS Iw More

Members of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 3rd Sergeants unit visit Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji for a base wide tour at Camp Fuji, Japan, Oct. 9, 2020. The base tour consisted of physical training, More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Lance Lewis, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, greets Nobuo Kishi, defense minister of Japan, aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 24, 2020. This was Kishi’s firs More

A Japan Self-Defense Force CH-47JA Chinook prepares to land on the USS Ashland in preparation for a bilateral amphibious assault on Gaja-Jima, a small uninhabited island off the coast of mainland Japan, featuri More

U.S. Army Spc. Wesley Tabim, assigned to the 9th Mission Support Command in Hawaii, uses a test kit during medical training in support of the Logistical Task Force at Yama Sakura 79.The Logistical Task Force ov More

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and troops from the 30th Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, Japanese Self-Defense Force, discuss and plan events in preparation for exercise Forest Light More

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 8th Marines dismount from a Japan Self-Defense Force type 73 truck to conduct an opening ceremony that will initiate exercise Forest Light 21 in the Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on More

Lt. Gen. Randy A. George, U.S. Army I Corps commanding general, and Lt. Gen Ryoji Takemoto, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Western Army commanding general, give their remarks to participants during the opening More

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Thomas Johnson (right) and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Benjamin Jenkins (left), both assigned to U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, discuss preparations for the Combined Arms Rehearsal (CAR More

Soldiers assigned to 10th Support Group, US Army Japan, walk the American flag out of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Western Army Headquarters during the morning colors ceremony with their JGSDF counte More

Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong, U.S. Army Japan commanding general, discusses the scenario of Yama Sakura 79 with Mr. John C. Taylor, U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka principal Officer, at Camp Kengun, Japan Dec. 10. Yama Sa More

Lt. Col. Joseph Dewey, assigned to I Corps, U.S. Army, discusses plans for the bilateral counterattack with his Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Western Army counterparts during Yama Sakura 79 at Camp Kengun, Ja More

U.S. Air Force members from 5th Air Support Operations Squadron at Joint Base Lewis McChord supervise air simulation support during Yama Sakura 79 at Camp Kengun, Japan Dec. 11. Yama Sakura is the largest bilat More

Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong, U.S. Army Japan commanding general, and Maj. Gen. Kataoka , facilitate a white cell meeting during Yama Sakura 79 at Camp Kengun, Japan Dec. 11. The meeting synchronizes and manages tra More

Lt. Col. Vinh Nguyen, Assistant Chief of Staff G6, U.S. Army Japan, conducts bilateral training on the Transportable Tactical Command Communications system with his Japan Ground Self-Defense Force counterparts More

Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong (front left), U.S. Army Japan commanding general, holds a meeting with Maj. Gen Yoshihiro Kataoka (back right), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Training and Evaluation Department directo More

Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong, U.S. Army Japan commanding general, greets Gen. Goro Yuasa, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force chief of staff, during his visit to the exercise control center for Yama Sakura 79 at Camp Ke More

U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members attend a commander’s update brief during Yama Sakura 79 at Camp Kengun, Japan Dec. 14. Yama Sakura is the largest bilateral and joint command post More

Sgt. Julian Berriel (right) and Spc. Donte Taplin (left), both assigned to the Field Feeding Platoon, 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Support Group, cook steaks for the victory meal at Yama Saku More

U.S. Army soldiers with I Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members attend a coin exchange after the conclusion of Yama Sakura 79 at Camp Kengun, Japan Dec. 14. Yama Sakura is the largest bilateral and More

SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 18, 2021) - U.S. Forces Japan Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. James Wellons and Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo Capt. David Adams converse onboard CFAS Feb. 18, 2021. Wellons visited CFAS to More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members and Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, unload water, food and More

Japan and U.S. service members take part in the Kagami-Biraki ceremony during the USO All Service Salute in the Marine Wing Liaison hanger here March 17. The ceremony is a representation of harmony and good for More

Members of the Shizuoka prefecture, Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marines load supplies into a Humvee during the Shizuoka disaster drill at the Shizuoka airport Sept. 2. The Marines are from the Combined Ar 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

(Left to right) U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, presents a the Legion of Merit to retired Japan Self Defense Forces Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, former chief of staf More

A U.S. soldier speaks during the opening ceremony of exercise Yama Sakura (YS) 63 in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, Dec. 6, 2012. YS is an annual, bilateral exercise between the U.S. military and the Japan S More

U.S. Army Col. Frank Clark, left, the deployable assessment team leader for U.S. Army Japan, meets with counterparts from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force's Northern Army during the Sapporo Epicenter humanit 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

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerricson B. Peralta instructs students on shock trauma during the forward resuscitative care course March 28 at Camp Foster. Peralta is an instructor with the shock trauma advanced trai More

Japan Self-Defense Force Sgt. 1st Class Atsushi Kawarada, center, gives drill commands April 26 at Camp Itazuma, Gotenba, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, as part of their basic enlisted English course curriculum. T More

Fumi Tamaki, right, prays for her family members, whose names are inscribed on the walls of the Cornerstone of Peace, at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Parck in Itoman June 23. Tamaki lost six family me More

U.S. Marines explain the function of a communications transmitter July 3 on Camp Courtney to students and instructors of the Japan Joint Staff College. The students and instructors learned one of the ways III M 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, exchange command coins af More

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force exchange command coins after discus More

Mongolian Armed Forces Col. B. Baatar (right), commanding officer of Tavan Tolgoi (Five Hills) Training Area, asks Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of the Joint Staff for the Japan Self Defense Forces and Japan's to 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

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, center left, recieves a briefing about the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft Jan. 19 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. More

Royal Thailand and Japanese medics do a health status report on a role player at the Non-Combatant Evacuation Drill at Utaphao, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 16 during Cobra Gold 2014. Utilizing joint service and mu More

Taiko drummers perform during the 43rd annual USO Service Salute March 8 at the Butler Officers’ Club on Camp Foster. The event recognized seven JSDF and U.S. service members for their volunteer efforts through 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

Community members pose with a Marine wearing an explosive ordnance disposal bomb suit May 10 during the Fuji Friendship Festival 2014 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji. The festival was not only a chan More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Nishikawa Hajime analyzes data transmissions July 23 at the Camp Naha gymnasium on Camp Naha, Okinawa, during a disaster response exercise. The exercise centered on a mock e More

Cmdr. Greg Petrovic, commanding officer of Patrol Squadron (VP) 5, center, describes the capabilities of the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Rear Adm. Terry Kraft, Commander, Naval Forces Japan, (righ More

Service members with the Japan Self-Defense Force, left, observe the functions of a U.S. military police car during a visit to the Provost Marshal’s Office Aug. 5 on Camp Foster. The U.S. Marine military police More

A Japanese volunteer from the Oshima Fire Department and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert C. Austin quickly offload humanitarian aid and disaster relief supplies from an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft Nov. 8 dur More