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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Roy Lowes of Wolfeboro, N.H.,

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Roy Lowes of Wolfeboro, N.H.,

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Roy Lowes of Wolfeboro, N.H., a member of the New Hampshire Army National Guard Medical Detachment, checks medical records on his computer while Air Force Lt. Col. Stephanie Riley of Co... More

U.S. Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion transport

U.S. Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion transport

U.S. Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion transport Marines from 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, in AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicles during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Fe... More

U.S. Army Alaska infantrymen from the 1st Stryker Brigade

U.S. Army Alaska infantrymen from the 1st Stryker Brigade

U.S. Army Alaska infantrymen from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from the 1st Airborne Brigade execute platoon movement-to-contact and ... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Regiment, analyze a moldable cast used by US Navy (USN) Corpsman during Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004, conducted in the Ojojibara Maneuver Area, Sendai, Japan. Forest Light is a bi-lateral training exercise conducted between the USMC and JGSDF

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOREST LIGHT 2004 Base: Ojojibara State: Sendai Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James J. Vooris, USMC Rele... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Degraw, a fire team leader

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Degraw, a fire team leader

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Degraw, a fire team leader with 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, takes a knee while aiming his M4 Carbine Rifle down range during a live fire training event as apart... More

Lt. Col. Richard H. Robinson addresses local media

Lt. Col. Richard H. Robinson addresses local media

Lt. Col. Richard H. Robinson addresses local media and civilians before a live-fire demonstration during Artillery Relocation Training Program 18-2, August 3, 2018, on Camp YMA, Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkai... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Garner observes a Type-2

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Garner observes a Type-2

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Garner observes a Type-2 Field Kitchen used by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force during a demonstration on Camp Naha, Okinawa, Japan, June 19, 2019. JGSDF Soldiers with 15th... More

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Soldiers

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Soldiers

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force clear hallways while conducting Urban Explosive Demolitions training during exercise Iron Fist 2018, Jan. 19. Exercis... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers take

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers take

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers take cover during a battalion-level assault during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 12. In a short span of a decade, this exercise h... More

Members of the local community demonstrate karate during

Members of the local community demonstrate karate during

Members of the local community demonstrate karate during the Camp Naha End of the Year Ceremony on Camp Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 20, 2019. This ceremony is to celebrate the end of the year and bring happiness... More

Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force maintain

Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force maintain

Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force maintain security posture prior to a JGSDF MIM-23 Improved Hawk live-fire training exercise conducted at Camp McGregor Operational Readiness Training Complex, For... More

Australian Army soldiers with 6th Battalion, Royal

Australian Army soldiers with 6th Battalion, Royal

Australian Army soldiers with 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) conduct an aerial insert via an MV-22 Osprey during Exercise Southern Jackaroo, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Kyle B. Ellison, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Kyle B. Ellison, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Kyle B. Ellison, commanding general of 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Maj. Gen. Takanori Hirata recognize service members involved in Exercise Yama Sakura 79 during the closin... More

A member of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), gives a US Marine Corps (USMC) member a snack at the Hijudai Training Grounds, Oita, Japan

A member of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), gives a US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Hijudai State: Oita Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael S. Payne, the Staff

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael S. Payne, the Staff

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael S. Payne, the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy director, presents a gift to Japan Ground Self Defense Force Warrant Officer Ito Souetsu, sergeant major of 21st Infantry Regime... More

United States Forces Japan (USFJ) Army MAJ Daniel Baggio looks on as Japan Ground Self Defense Force's (JGSDF) LTCOL Seijiro Kiyomichi monitors actions while testing the Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) system at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Service members from USFJ and JSDF will be conducting a joint/bilateral command post exercise, Keen Edge '96, at U.S. and Japanese military installations from January 25 until February 2, 1996

United States Forces Japan (USFJ) Army MAJ Daniel Baggio looks on as J...

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 US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Tango Battery, dine with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) troops, while Lieutenant (LT) Johnston, US Navy (USN), Chaplain, serves a portion of shrimp cocktail at Hijudai Training Grounds, Oita, Japan

The US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Hijudai State: Oita Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status... More

During Media Day, a member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) visually inspects the breech and barrel of an M198 155 mm Medium Range Towed Howitzer. The US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, demonstrated the operational cycle of fire that takes place during the current artillery relocation exercise on the East Fuji Maneuver Area (FMA), Japan (JPN)

During Media Day, a member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Crai... More

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Robbie Danielson (foreground), lifts his arms in celebration, as he finishes the last leg of the ski march during Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004, conducted in the snow covereded Ojojibara Maneuver Area of Sendai, Japan. Forest Light is a bi-lateral training exercise conducted between the US Marine Corps (USMC) and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF)

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Robbie Danielson (fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOREST LIGHT 2004 Base: Ojojibara State: Sendai Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James J. Vooris, USMC Rele... More

A Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldier from the 20th Infantry Regiment, mans a FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) as part of a mock patrol in the Ojojibara maneuver area at Sendai, Japan, during Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004. FOREST LIGHT 2004 is a bilateral training exercise between the US Marine Corps (USMC) and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF)

A Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldier from the 20th Inf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojibara State: Tohoku Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James J. Vooris, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Regiment, conduct a mock patrol to demonstrate their first aid techniques to the US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from F Company (F CO), 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (2/6), 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), in the Ojojibara maneuver area at Sendai, Japan, as a part of Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004. FOREST LIGHT 2004 is a bilateral training exercise between the US Marine Corps (USMC) and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF)

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojibara State: Tohoku Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James J. Vooris, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to F/Company, Second Battalion, Sixth Marine Regiment, Second Marine Division, and Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Regiment, take a break from training to enjoy some friendly competition by holding a basketball tournament, during Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004, conducted in the Ojojibara Maneuver Area of Sendai, Japan. Forest Light is a bi-lateral training exercise conducted between the USMC and the JGSDF

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to F/Company, Second Battalion...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOREST LIGHT 2004 Base: Ojojibara State: Sendai Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James J. Vooris, USMC Rele... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Regiment, armed with Howa 5.56 mm Type 89 assault rifles, demonstrate Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) techniques in the snow, during Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004, conducted in the Ojojibara Maneuver Area of Sendai, Japan. Forest Light is a bi-lateral training exercise conducted between the JGSDF and the US Marine Corps (USMC)

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOREST LIGHT 2004 Base: Ojojibara State: Sendai Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James J. Vooris, USMC Rele... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF) Captain (CPT) Takedomi (left) and JGSDF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Hisajima (right) drive to Gate 6, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), to await the arrival of an official tour by 20 JGSDF officers during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the base security elements could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF) Captain (CPT) Takedomi (le...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

A Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) soldier prepares to depart after observing a demonstration by a US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) conducted on MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler / Camp Foster. The FPEX was held to test and improve base security at MCB Camp Butler from March 29 to April 1, 2004

A Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) soldier prepares to depar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

Sgt. Steve Marin, a mortarman with 5th Marine Regiment

Sgt. Steve Marin, a mortarman with 5th Marine Regiment

Sgt. Steve Marin, a mortarman with 5th Marine Regiment and a soldier, with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment, mortar platoon, review a range during training here Feb. 17. Th... More

Drawing weapons - Drawing. Public domain image.

Drawing weapons - Drawing. Public domain image.

Company C, 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, out of Weslaco, Texas, stand in formation and receive information after getting their weapons at Camp Fuji, Japan, Oct. 11, 2011. The Texas National Guard is p... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members complete corporals course

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members complete corporals course

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Tomoshiro Nishimaki is awarded his corporals' course completion certificate by Chief Warrant Officer David V. Bednarcik and 1st Sgt. Gordon M. Miller on Marine Corps Air Sta... More

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Marines from 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, look on as a firing mission is verified at the Hijudai M... More

Lt. Col. Toshiharu Fukamizu waits to sign the memorandum

Lt. Col. Toshiharu Fukamizu waits to sign the memorandum

Lt. Col. Toshiharu Fukamizu waits to sign the memorandum of agreement at the Hijudai Maneuver Area Feb. 8. The memorandum of agreement is a set of rules that allows both the Japanese and Marine Corps to fulfill... More

Marines march during the opening ceremony for exercise

Marines march during the opening ceremony for exercise

Marines march during the opening ceremony for exercise Forest Light 12-2 here March 4. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiments 35 and 37 trained with members with 4th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, Japan Groun... More

Master Sgt. Syozo Goto, right, and Lance Cpl. Andre

Master Sgt. Syozo Goto, right, and Lance Cpl. Andre

Master Sgt. Syozo Goto, right, and Lance Cpl. Andre J. Flores fire the M240B medium machine gun at the Hijudai Maneuver Area, Oita prefecture, Japan Aug. 24 during Exercise Forest Light 12-01. The bilateral exe... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Gavin of Napa, Calif., squad leader

Staff Sgt. Mark Gavin of Napa, Calif., squad leader

Staff Sgt. Mark Gavin of Napa, Calif., squad leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, demonstrates the motions as Sgt. Andrew Romero of Springer, N.M., veh... More

Service members marched onto the parade field. Dec.

Service members marched onto the parade field. Dec.

Service members marched onto the parade field. Dec. 6, for the opening ceremony of Yama Sakura 63. Yama Sakura is a bilateral training exercise held twice a year with members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense... More

Spc. John Droll, medical non-commissioned officer,

Spc. John Droll, medical non-commissioned officer,

Spc. John Droll, medical non-commissioned officer, 94th Combat Support Hospital, initiates an I.V. during a medical exchange. A medical exchange was conducted by the 94th CSH in order to give insight to the Jap... More

Navy Capt. Susan BryerJoyner views the III Marine

Navy Capt. Susan BryerJoyner views the III Marine

Navy Capt. Susan BryerJoyner views the III Marine Expeditionary Force cyber security booth during the Marine WestPac Innovation Forum Jan. 17 at the Butler Officers' Club on Camp Foster. Various military and ci... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conclude maneuver under fire training as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 23, 201... More

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force train

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force train

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force train alongside U.S. Marines with the MV-22B Osprey during the final key event of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Feb. 13, 2013. Duri... More

U.S. Army Japan bandsman Sgt. Joshua Tetreault demonstrates

U.S. Army Japan bandsman Sgt. Joshua Tetreault demonstrates

U.S. Army Japan bandsman Sgt. Joshua Tetreault demonstrates proper breathing techniques to new JGSDF buglers.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members show Marines

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members show Marines

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members show Marines how to fall properly during ski training March 5 at the Hokkaido-Dai Maneuver Area in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. The training was a part of Exercise Forest ... More

Western Army, Marines focus on communications

Western Army, Marines focus on communications

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

Canadian Brig. Gen. Carl Turenne, deputy commanding

Canadian Brig. Gen. Carl Turenne, deputy commanding

Canadian Brig. Gen. Carl Turenne, deputy commanding general for sustainment, U.S. Army I Corps, talks to an I Corps officer before the opening ceremonies of of Yama Sakura 65, a U.S. and Japan bilateral command... More

A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conducts helocast training with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 23, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphi... More

Marine uses life experience to succeed in the Corps

Marine uses life experience to succeed in the Corps

U.S. Marine Cpl. Abigail V. Reynolds, right, an interpreter assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, greets a Japanese interpreter with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, at helocast training during Ex... More

A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force performs a weasel-walk as a stalking technique during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 10, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphibious exercise... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kale L. Karlen, field artillery cannoneer,

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kale L. Karlen, field artillery cannoneer,

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kale L. Karlen, field artillery cannoneer, Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, adjusts the sights on an M120 120mm Mortar System during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard San Clement... More

Gen. Vincent Brooks, U.S. Army Pacific commander, talks

Gen. Vincent Brooks, U.S. Army Pacific commander, talks

Gen. Vincent Brooks, U.S. Army Pacific commander, talks to an audience about humanitarian aid and disaster relief within the Asia-Pacific region during the LANPAC Symposium April 8, 2014, in Honolulu. The LANPA... More

Yohei Wakabayashi, Gotenba mayor, asks the U.S. Marines

Yohei Wakabayashi, Gotenba mayor, asks the U.S. Marines

Yohei Wakabayashi, Gotenba mayor, asks the U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force questions pertaining to the ... More

Spectators get an up-close look at various aircraft

Spectators get an up-close look at various aircraft

Spectators get an up-close look at various aircraft as part of the Sapporo Air Show at Sapporo Okadama Airport, July 20. More than 50,000 spectators viewed U.S. and Japan military and commercial aircraft that w... More

Capt. Keith Henry, commanding officer of Naval Air

Capt. Keith Henry, commanding officer of Naval Air

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

Japan Ground Self Defense Force members prepare a Type

Japan Ground Self Defense Force members prepare a Type

Japan Ground Self Defense Force members prepare a Type 10 battle tank for a maneuver training exercise at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 3. The exercise was part of Operation Rising Thunder, a combined op... More

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force receive

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force receive

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force receive a class on combined arms staff training from U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 3, 2015, as part o... More

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force maneuver

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force maneuver

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force maneuver through Range 400 during Exercise Iron Fist 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 10, 2015. Exercise Iron Fist ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Romin Dasmalchi, Commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Romin Dasmalchi, Commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Romin Dasmalchi, Commanding Officer, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), speaks with soldiers of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) as they conduct boat operations as part of t... More

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Bernard Hess, far left, commanding

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Bernard Hess, far left, commanding

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Bernard Hess, far left, commanding officer for 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, showcases equipment used by U.S. military police to officers from 136th Militar... More

Senior leaders from the U.S. Army Reserve Engagement

Senior leaders from the U.S. Army Reserve Engagement

Senior leaders from the U.S. Army Reserve Engagement Team-Japan (left) and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Reserve Component (right) discuss how to broaden their bilateral partnership during a formal meetin... More

U.S. Marines practice debarking from a Japan Ground

U.S. Marines practice debarking from a Japan Ground

U.S. Marines practice debarking from a Japan Ground Self Defense Force CH-47 Chinook during Forest Light 16-2 in Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 1, 2016. The two forces demonstrated each other’s... More

Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western

Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western

Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army Infantry Regiment Scout Sniper Program move out on a patrol through an area with mock enemies to practice breaking contact drills during an abbrevi... More

United States Navy Lt. Cdr. Corey Gustafson, an emergency

United States Navy Lt. Cdr. Corey Gustafson, an emergency

United States Navy Lt. Cdr. Corey Gustafson, an emergency medicine staff physician at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, shows 1st Lt. Hiroyasu Goto and Master Sgt. Mitsuyoshi Nakashima, of the Japan Ground Self-De... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers paddle their

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers paddle their

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers paddle their combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) to shore during a beach reconnaissance exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 3, 2016. This trai... More

Sergeant Major Arata Hamaguchi demonstrates how a litter

Sergeant Major Arata Hamaguchi demonstrates how a litter

Sergeant Major Arata Hamaguchi demonstrates how a litter is secured to 1st Lt. Hiroyasu Goto both with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army Infantry Regiment medical team, during a tour of an MV-2... More

Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion,

Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion,

Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, demonstrate the misfire procedures for an 81 mm mortar system during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Marine Corps Air... More

Soldiers with Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan

Soldiers with Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan

Soldiers with Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, board the USS Somerset (LPD 25) at Naval Base San Diego, Feb. 18, 2016, in preparation for phase IV of Exercise Iron Fist 2016. The... More

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2016) - Amphibious

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2016) - Amphibious

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2016) - Amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) assigned to the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion prepare to embark onto the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LP... More

Army Col. Luis Pomales (center), director, Army Reserve

Army Col. Luis Pomales (center), director, Army Reserve

Army Col. Luis Pomales (center), director, Army Reserve Engagement Team-Japan, welcomes Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members from the Eastern Army’s Civil Liaison/Cooperation Division to one of the f... More

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Sailors and U.S.

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Sailors and U.S.

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Sailors and U.S. Navy Sailors load supplies aboard an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the JS Hyuga ... More

Soldiers of the 51st Infantry Regiment, 15th Brigade,

Soldiers of the 51st Infantry Regiment, 15th Brigade,

Soldiers of the 51st Infantry Regiment, 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-defense force and U.S. Marines stand at attention during the opening ceremony of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bilateral Guard and P... More

Surgical equipment staged by corpsmen at Camp Kinser,

Surgical equipment staged by corpsmen at Camp Kinser,

Surgical equipment staged by corpsmen at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, July 20, 2016. Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Officers observe how U.S. Sailors would use a mobile operating room so that they can take ... More

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Members of the 12th

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Members of the 12th

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Members of the 12th Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, observe a moment o... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Robert M. Barnhart Jr. addresses

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Robert M. Barnhart Jr. addresses

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Robert M. Barnhart Jr. addresses U.S. and Japanese service members gathered at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 30, 2016, to rehearse Yama Sakura 71, an upcoming joint, bilateral c... More

A soldier with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s,

A soldier with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s,

A soldier with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s, Western Army Infantry Regiment, practices basic firing positions during a ‘Pre-Scout Snipers Course’ given by U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Division Schoo... More

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, Commanding

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, Commanding

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, Commanding General, III Marine Expedition Force Commander, Marine Forces Japan, presents LTC Takayama, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, Liaison Officer to III MEF wit... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers are debriefed

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers are debriefed

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers are debriefed after a stalking exercise as a part of Forest Light at Somagahara, Japan, March 10, 2017. Forest Light is one of various bilateral training opportunities c... More

JMSDF-MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day 2017

JMSDF-MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day 2017

Evolve Aerosports executes a Squirrel-Suit jump during the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2017. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni ... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) stand in formation prior to the official opening ceremony of Exercise Orient Shield 2017 at Camp Shin-Yokots... More

Gunnery Sergeant Randall Ayers, LFOC Senior Watch Chief,

Gunnery Sergeant Randall Ayers, LFOC Senior Watch Chief,

Gunnery Sergeant Randall Ayers, LFOC Senior Watch Chief, talks about events that have happened throughout Yama Sakura 73 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, December 7, 2017. The purpose of the exercise is to enh... More

“It has been such a cool experience building this two-room

“It has been such a cool experience building this two-room

“It has been such a cool experience building this two-room elementary school classroom,” said U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Maldonado, an interior electrician assigned to the 84th Engineer Battalion at Cabu Elemen... More

MISAWA, Japan (July 17, 2018) Master-at-Arms 1st Class

MISAWA, Japan (July 17, 2018) Master-at-Arms 1st Class

MISAWA, Japan (July 17, 2018) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Tom Yokoi, a native of Paradise, Calif., observes Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members as they conduct vehicle inspection training on Misawa Air Base... More

Major Gen. Yoshiki Adachi, defense and military attaché,

Major Gen. Yoshiki Adachi, defense and military attaché,

Major Gen. Yoshiki Adachi, defense and military attaché, Embassy of Japan, is briefed on the capabilities of the Infantry Immersion Trainer facility on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 3, 2018. Adachi is visiting the M... More

Lt. Col. Richard H. Robinson speaks with the Japanese

Lt. Col. Richard H. Robinson speaks with the Japanese

Lt. Col. Richard H. Robinson speaks with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force in preparation for the live-fire demonstration during Artillery Relocation Training Program 18-2, August 3, 2018, on Camp YMA, Yau... More

Soul 81 members entertain the crowd during the 59th

Soul 81 members entertain the crowd during the 59th

Soul 81 members entertain the crowd during the 59th annual Bon Odori Festival held Aug. 4, 2018, on Camp Zama, Japan. More than 20,000 Japanese and American community members attended the festival, which had da... More

Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard demonstrate

Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard demonstrate

Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard demonstrate proper MOPP levels to JGSDF personnel during Orient Shield 2018. Since its inception in 1985, Orient Shield has focused on the development and refinement of th... More

Staff Sgt. Dnard Edwards sings "Eye of the Tiger" from

Staff Sgt. Dnard Edwards sings "Eye of the Tiger" from

Staff Sgt. Dnard Edwards sings "Eye of the Tiger" from "Rocky III" during the U.S. Army Japan Band's performance at the 54th annual Japan Self-Defense Forces Marching Festival, held Nov. 21 through 23 at the fa... More

U.S. Marines with 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade and

U.S. Marines with 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade and

U.S. Marines with 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade and soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade gather for the closing ceremony of Yama Sakura 75 on Camp Courtney, ... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joshua Gray, a crew chief with Marine

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joshua Gray, a crew chief with Marine

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joshua Gray, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, helps the Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 3rd Marine Division, and Soldiers with the... More

190206-A-RR184-2399 Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand

190206-A-RR184-2399 Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand

190206-A-RR184-2399 Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand (06 February, 2019) –Royal Thai Armed Forces Chaplain and a Navy Chaplain try out local farm produce during exercise Cobra Gold 19 at Phitsanulok, Kingdom of... More

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers examine

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers examine

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers examine World War II era weapons during a community exchange program tour on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan June 7, 2019. During the tour, hosted by Combat Logistics Reg... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with the 1st

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with the 1st

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with the 1st Airborne Brigade prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2019, dur... More

Personnel from No. 3 Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron

Personnel from No. 3 Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron

Personnel from No. 3 Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron board a C-27J Spartan airplane to prepare the craft for transporting medical patients leaving Exercise Talisman Sabre July 18, 2019 at Rockhampton Airport. ... More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. William M. Jurney speaks with

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. William M. Jurney speaks with

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. William M. Jurney speaks with Australian Army Maj. Gen. Jake Ellwood at the tactical command and control center July 17, 2019 at Stanage Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during ex... More

The Direct Air Support Center (DASC) mission is to

The Direct Air Support Center (DASC) mission is to

The Direct Air Support Center (DASC) mission is to integrate supporting arms with the MAGTF and the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Support Operations Center during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 at Tiger Hill, Q... More

U.S. Marines conduct a simulated amphibious assault

U.S. Marines conduct a simulated amphibious assault

U.S. Marines conduct a simulated amphibious assault of exercise Talisman Sabre 19 in Bowen, Australia, July 22, 2019. Talisman Sabre provides an opportunity to conduct operations in a combined, joint and intera... More

A cenotaph stands in the town center during a memorial

A cenotaph stands in the town center during a memorial

A cenotaph stands in the town center during a memorial ceremony in Bowen, Australia, July 23, 2019. A cenotaph can be found in most Australian town centers as a memorial to veterans from wars past. (U.S. Marine... More

Orchestra of artillery: Illinois Guard drops the hits at Rising Thunder

Orchestra of artillery: Illinois Guard drops the hits at Rising Thunde...

Staff Sgt. Buddy Seigert, a forward observer with the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard, surveys the artillery a... More

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bound

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bound

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bound toward their objective while doing a mounting exercise during Rising Thunder 19 at Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Washington, Sept. 5. The training was ... More

Soldiers with 8th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground

Soldiers with 8th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground

Soldiers with 8th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, welcome Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, under the Unit Dep... More

U.S. Army Japan deputy commander Col. Jonathan Haight,

U.S. Army Japan deputy commander Col. Jonathan Haight,

U.S. Army Japan deputy commander Col. Jonathan Haight, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Nobutaka Minamikawa, present High Command and Exercise Control Center impact awards to members participating ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Sokol participates

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Sokol participates

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Sokol participates in a unit hike during exercise Northern Viper on Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 21, 2020. Personnel currently assigned to the Logistics Com... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlo Portugal, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlo Portugal, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlo Portugal, a hospital corpsmen with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, stands ready to provide medical support for static hot fueling operations a... More

U.S. Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 172

U.S. Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 172

U.S. Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), Marine Air Control Group 36 (MACG-36), 1st Marine Air Wing (1st MAW), maintain a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) during exercise Northern... More

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