Retired Lt. Gen. Ed Smith, senior mentor for Yama Sakura
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Retired Lt. Gen. Ed Smith, senior mentor for Yama Sakura 69, sketches a Japanese symbol in a ceramic plate during a ceramic painting class introducing U.S. Soldiers to Japanese culture as a part of Exercise YS 69 at Camp Itami, Japan, Dec. 3. Yama Sakura (YS) is an annual, bilateral exercise with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and the U.S. military. It is the largest command post exercise that focuses predominantly on the bilateral and joint planning, coordination, and interoperability of ground-based elements of the U.S./Japan security alliance.
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03/12/2015
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