A Japanese boy helps bring in a box filled with backpacks
A Japanese boy helps bring in a box filled with backpacks inside of his school in the Tohoku region of Japan, April 27. U.S. and Japanese soldiers handed out more than 200 backpacks throughout the morning. The ... More
MINAMI SANRIKU, Japan (May 18, 2014). Yeoman 1st Class
MINAMI SANRIKU, Japan (May 18, 2014). Yeoman 1st Class Eric Pickett, left-center, originally from Cleveland, and Information Systems Technician 1st Class Korey Kilgore, a native of Las Vegas, serve up barbecue... More
150503-N-EC644-237 ONAGAWA, Japan (May 3, 2015) Sailors
150503-N-EC644-237 ONAGAWA, Japan (May 3, 2015) Sailors from Misawa Air Base, Japan, help the citizens of Onagawa, Japan, carry a portable Shinto shrine, called a mikoshi, during the city's annual mikoshi festi... More
Cpl. Steve Sessoms, a combat engineer with Charlie
Cpl. Steve Sessoms, a combat engineer with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M4 carbine during a combat conditioning marksmanship eval... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Zeiger, a field artillery
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Zeiger, a field artillery Marine with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, shows local media an M240 machine gun during Artillery Relocation Training Program 1... More
U.S. service members participated in the Tour de Tohoku
U.S. service members participated in the Tour de Tohoku annual charity bicycle tour at Ishinomaki City, Japan, Sept. 17, 2017. Tour de Tohoku takes place along the coast of mainland Japan, and brings donations ... More
I Corps and 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command
I Corps and 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command Soldiers conduct a sustainment rehearsal Dec. 4, 2017, ahead of Yama Sakura 73. Yama Sakura is a bilateral command post exercise joining I Corps, 593rd ESC an... More
Outside the window of the Japanese CH-47 Chinook the
Outside the window of the Japanese CH-47 Chinook the sprawling landscape of Ojojihara passes by during Orient Shield 2018. The objectives of OS 18 include training U.S. ground forces for deployment to Japan in ... More
A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter departs
A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter departs Sendai Airport with 3800 lbs. of water bound for Okushima, Japan. U.S. Army Japan is supporting the Joint Force Land Component Command in assisting displace... More
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers relocating Mitsubishi Type...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Chance W. Haworth, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publi... More
Soldiers with U.S. Army Japan set up a shower station
Soldiers with U.S. Army Japan set up a shower station near Dogenin Temple where displaced Japanese civilians have been staying, April 7. Service members have been setting up shower stations, so the displaced Ja... More
Cpl. Steve Sessoms, a combat engineer with Charlie
Cpl. Steve Sessoms, a combat engineer with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carries a sea bag through the snow during a combat conditioning ma... More
Marines and sailors prepare “mochi” Sept. 11 during
Marines and sailors prepare “mochi” Sept. 11 during a visit to Ohira Manyo Kodomoen nursery home in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Mochi is a traditional Japanese food item made by pounding rice into a paste like co... More
Japanese Self-Defense Force members and a Marine with
Japanese Self-Defense Force members and a Marine with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a pallets of blankets from helicopters to a staging area here, Mar... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit pick up debris on Oshima, as part of ongoing disaster relief efforts. Marines and sailors with the 31st MEU are on Oshima Island to help clear a harbor and... More
Lt. Col. Richard Robinson, battalion commander of 3rd
Lt. Col. Richard Robinson, battalion commander of 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, speaks with Tatsuo Hagiwara, the mayor of Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Feb. 14, 2019. Rob... More
Command Sgt. Maj. Kelley Kelly of the 2-151 Infantry
Command Sgt. Maj. Kelley Kelly of the 2-151 Infantry Regiment walks next to his counterpart with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force after a training assault during Orient Shield 2018. Orient Shield is an annua... More
United States Army crews follow a Japanese CH-47 Chinook
United States Army crews follow a Japanese CH-47 Chinook during a mixed-multi bilateral flight for Orient Shield 2018. The objectives of OS 18 include training U.S. ground forces for deployment to Japan in the ... More
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, III Marine
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general and Task Force 505, shakes the hand of Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Eiji Kimizuka, commanding general ... More
Marines, sailors continue building relations in Sendai
Marines and sailors present gifts to residents of Asaina-Gakuen facility March 2 in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. Marines and sailors also visited orphanages and schools in the Sendai area, one of many visi... More
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team view a demonstration of “care under fire” given by members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force during Orient Shield 2018. The object... More
Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 11 direct Japanese
Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 11 direct Japanese utility repair vehicles into a U.S. Navy landing craft at the dock in Kesennuma, March 27. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and PHIBRON-11 transported the v... More
Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, remove debris from among severely damaged homes here during Operation Field Day, a clearing and cleanup project de... More
Residents of Oshima Island make a streamer of ribbons
Residents of Oshima Island make a streamer of ribbons for Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as a way of thanking them for cleaning up debris, April 6. The Marines and Sailors spent abou... More
Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific
Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, gives a toy to a child while touring a shelter facility in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, March 23. Willard and John V. Roos, U.S. amb... More
Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the Joint Task Force
Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the Joint Task Force - Tohoku at Camp Sendai, Japan. Present, as well, are Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander of the Joint Support Forces - Japan; Lt. Gen. Burton Field, commanding f... More
U.S. Navy Lt. Suraj Trivedi assists Petty Officer 3rd
U.S. Navy Lt. Suraj Trivedi assists Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Boddy in treating a simulated patient during the medical evacuation drill at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area Feb. 16. This drill is conducted prior t... More
Defense bureau members learn basics of Marine Corps artillery
Yoshitoshi Nakamura, center left, follows along as U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Daniel W. Barron, far right, discusses a graphic firing table while U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Teruhisa Okuyama, center right, translates ... More
Lt. j.g. Jaden Risner, assigned to the Black Knights
Lt. j.g. Jaden Risner, assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, speaks with a Japanese citizen during a humanitarian assistan... More
Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Carter, JFLICC FWD, battle
Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Carter, JFLICC FWD, battle non-commissioned officer in charge, Schenectady, N.Y., native, removes glass from a broken door frame in the Nobiru Rail Station, Tohoku region, Japan, April 2... More
Pfc. Anthony Sterlavage compares intelligence data
Pfc. Anthony Sterlavage compares intelligence data during Yama Sakura 73 on Dec. 8, 2017. Yama Sakura is a bilateral command post exercise joining I Corps, 593rd ESC and other Army elements with soldiers from t... More
150523-N-XXX99-288 MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (May 23, 2015)
150523-N-XXX99-288 MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (May 23, 2015) Sailors assigned to Naval Air Facility, Misawa assist local children at Japan's March 2011 tsunami stricken Minamisanriku's 2015 International Friendship F... More
A soldier of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry
A soldier of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team goes on patrol before a training assault for Orient Shield 2018. Orient Shield is an annual, bilateral, tactical field training exerci... More
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers relocate a Mitsubishi Type...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Chance W. Haworth, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publi... More
Capt. Masanori Ide, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force
Capt. Masanori Ide, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force liaison officer to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (left), discusses the extensive damage to the port here, Mar. 27, 2011.
Local fisherman and Marines with Battalion Landing
Local fisherman and Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, remove debris from among severely damaged homes here during Operation Field Day, a clearing an... More
A Marine with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd
A Marine with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, cuts up a tree on top of a pile of rubble, April 4. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the 31st MEU is re... More
U.S. Army Pacific Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Leota and
U.S. Army Pacific Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Leota and U.S. Army Japan Command Sgt. Maj. Steven Payton paid a visit to the newly-minted Japan Ground Self Defense Force non-commissioned officer school during their ... More
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers relocating Mitsubishi Type...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Chance W. Haworth, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publi... More
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Soldier plays the tamborine in the ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Chance W. Haworth, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publi... More
A cultural tea ceremony was held for members of the
A cultural tea ceremony was held for members of the U.S. Army, participating in the joint training session known as Yama Sakura 63 held in Sendai, Japan. The soldiers learned the history behind the ceremony, wa... More
Marines and corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine
Marines and corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment carry a simulated patient to an evacuation site as part of a medical evacuation drill at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area Feb. 16. This drill is conducte... More
Lt. Gen. John Wissler bows his head during a moment
Lt. Gen. John Wissler bows his head during a moment of silence March 11 in Kesennuma City, Miyagi prefecture. The moment of silence took place all across Japan at 2:46 p.m. – the exact time the Great East Japan... More
A bulldozer driven by a Marine with the Battalion Landing
A bulldozer driven by a Marine with the Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, breaks a destroyed house into smaller pieces and moves it off a road, April 4. As part... More
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers in the 6th Division Band p...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Chance W. Haworth, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publi... More
US Marines from 3rd Battalion 11th Marines team up with members from t...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Chance W. Haworth, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publi... More
Offloading supplies, US Navy Photogrpah
Sailors and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, work with Japanese civilians and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to offload supplies from a landing craft utility during Operation T... More
Lt. Gen. John Wissler exchanges business cards with
Lt. Gen. John Wissler exchanges business cards with Shigeru Sugawara March 11 in Kesennuma City, Miyagi prefecture. Wissler offered his condolences to Sugawara for the losses his city suffered following the Gre... More
U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John Wissler, left, listens to
U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John Wissler, left, listens to a command briefing alongside Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Toshiaki Tanaka March 11 at Camp Sendai, Miyagi prefecture. The brief covered the comman... More
150503-N-EC644-524 ONAGAWA, Japan (May 3, 2015) Sailors
150503-N-EC644-524 ONAGAWA, Japan (May 3, 2015) Sailors from Misawa Air Base, Japan, help the citizens of Onagawa, Japan, carry a portable Shinto shrine, called a mikoshi, during the city's annual mikoshi festi... More
Marines from combat cargo load a CH-46E Sea Knight
Marines from combat cargo load a CH-46E Sea Knight with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in support of Op... More
US Marines from 3rd Battalion 11th Marines team up with members from t...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Chance W. Haworth, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publi... More
Hundreds of residents of Oshima Island wave farewell
Hundreds of residents of Oshima Island wave farewell to Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, April 6. The Marines and Sailors spent about six days cleaning up debris on parts of the island... More
Cmdr. Rodney Patton, commanding officer of the
Cmdr. Rodney Patton, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell, greets a member of the Japan-America Society during a welcome ceremony at Takamatsu Pier. Russell is serving in the U.S. 7th ... More
Naval Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Tautkus, air crewman,
Naval Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Tautkus, air crewman, right, assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, gestures to a Japan... More
Two M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzers fire during
Two M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzers fire during a fire mission June 6 as part of Artillery Relocation Training Program 14-1 at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Japan. During the exercise, artillery Marines trai... More
Lt. Col. Richard Robinson, commanding officer of 3rd
Lt. Col. Richard Robinson, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, and Japanese officials sign a memorandum agreement for Artillery Relocation Training Program 18-4, in Ojojihara Maneuver Are... More
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team proudly mark distances with their units guidon during their own Highland Games. In hopes of boosting morale before the impending typhoo... More
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team yell out to others that they have cleared the route during a training assault for Orient Shield 2018. Orient Shield is an annual, bilat... More
Lance Cpl. Isaac J. Wolf, an Eagle River, Alaska, native,
Lance Cpl. Isaac J. Wolf, an Eagle River, Alaska, native, computes fire data during a live-fire training event June 10 as part of Artillery Relocation Training Program 14-1 at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Japan... More
Crews of the United States Army and the Japan Self
Crews of the United States Army and the Japan Self Defense Force make history by flying in a mixed-multi bilateral formation of nine helicopters during Orient Shield 2018. Further proving the strength of the fr... More
A crew member of the Japan Self Defense Force monitors
A crew member of the Japan Self Defense Force monitors the flight with the ramp down on a Japanese CH-47 Chinook during Orient Shield 2018 in Ojojihara, Japan, Sept. 6, 2018. The objectives of OS 18 include tra... More
Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit fire weapons during a combat conditioning marksmanship evaluation as a part of unit-level trainin... More
A member of the Japan Defense Force escorts passengers
A member of the Japan Defense Force escorts passengers off a CH-47 Chinook after landing during Orient Shield 2018. The objectives of OS 18 include training U.S. ground forces for deployment to Japan in the eve... More
A Japanese Ground Self-Defense soldier greets a local
A Japanese Ground Self-Defense soldier greets a local pizzeria owner, who has donated twelve pizzas to U.S. and Japanese soldiers at Ishinomaki Sports Complex, Japan, April 25. The pizzas were given as a token ... More
A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers
A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers at Sendai Airport as soldiers from USARJ’s, Logistics Task Force 35 secure 3800 lbs. of water onto the hook of the aircraft bound for Okushima, Japan. USARJ ... More
A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers
A U.S. Army Japan UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovers at Sendai Airport as soldiers from USARJ’s, Logistics Task Force 35 secure 3800 lbs. of water onto the hook of the aircraft bound for Okushima, Japan. USARJ ... More
While visiting Camp Sendai for the Yama Sakura 63 bilateral
While visiting Camp Sendai for the Yama Sakura 63 bilateral exercise Stephen Lowell, U.S Army Japan, host nation relations officer, invited Iga and Kitahara for a luncheon and provided the opportunity for them ... More
Local fisherman and Marines with Battalion Landing
Local fisherman and Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, remove debris from among severely damaged homes here during Operation Field Day, a clearing an... More
Japan Self-Defense Force service members play instruments
Japan Self-Defense Force service members play instruments during the opening ceremony for Exercise Forest Light at Sendai training area, Miyagi, Japan, Feb 18, 2018. Forest Light is designed to maintain the rea... More
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, pull a cable from the winch of a bulldozer, April 4. The Marines were in the process of tearing down a house damag... More
USARJ Commander meets with NEA Commander
Lt. Gen. Eiji Kimikuza, commander, North Eastern Army, Japan Ground Self Defense Force headquartered in Sendai, Japan greets Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison Sr., Commander of the U.S. Army Japan, as the two began... More
A member of the Japan Self Defense Force greets Indiana
A member of the Japan Self Defense Force greets Indiana National Guard soldiers before boarding a Japanese CH-47 Chinook during Orient Shield 2018. The objectives of OS 18 include training U.S. ground forces fo... More
Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, chief of staff of the Japan Ground
Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, chief of staff of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force; Adm. Patrick Walsh, commanding general of the Joint Support Forces - Japan; Lt. Gen. Eiji Kimizuka, commanding general, JGSDF North-Eas... More
Marines and sailors rush a mock casualty onto a Japan
Marines and sailors rush a mock casualty onto a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter Aug. 31 during medical evacuation training at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area. The training was in preparation for the live... More
Subject matter experts of the Indiana National Guard’s
Subject matter experts of the Indiana National Guard’s 2-151 Infantry Regiment teach personnel of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force practice room clearing during Orient Shield 2018. Since its inception in 198... More
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team maneuver from a Japanese CH-47 Chinook during a training assault for Orient Shield 2018. Orient Shield is an annual, bilateral, tactica... More
In grand pomp and circumstance, service members marched
In grand pomp and circumstance, 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 ... More
180908-N-ZH960-2072 Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
180908-N-ZH960-2072 Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (9 September, 2018) – Soldiers from the U.S. Army Japan (USARJ) Band perform at Mahoroba Hall. The USARJ band is currently on tour in Tohoku, and plays a vari... More
Lance Cpl. Brandon Shields, a rifleman with Charlie
Lance Cpl. Brandon Shields, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a combat conditionin... More
Over forty smoke grenades were deployed during a single
Over forty smoke grenades were deployed during a single training assault for Orient Shield 2018. Orient Shield is an annual, bilateral, tactical field training exercise cohosted by the Japan Ground Self - Defen... More
A soldier of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry
A soldier of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team fires on the enemy during a training assault for Orient Shield 2018. Orient Shield is an annual, bilateral, tactical field training ex... More
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers relocating a Type 78 Armou...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Chance W. Haworth, Usmc Release Status: Released to Publi... More
A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super
A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as it takes off during flight operations March 17. The 31st... More
U.S. service members sing the “Star Spangled Banner”
U.S. service members sing the “Star Spangled Banner” June 13 during their visit to Ohira Manyo Kindergarten, Sendai, Japan. During the visit, Marines learned how to make a traditional rice paste known as mochi,... More
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment,
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, give a tour of their firing position to local media during Artillery Relocation Training Program 18-4 in Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Miya... More
180830-N-ZH960-1030 Ojojihara, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
180830-N-ZH960-1030 Ojojihara, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (30 August, 2018) – Brig. Gen. Mark Malanka, commander, 40th infantry division, stands with Lt. Gen. Kimihito Iwamura during the opening ceremony speech f... More
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team charge through concertina wire and into the fight during a training assault for Orient Shield 2018. Orient Shield is an annual, bilater... More
Burned buildings and debris surrounds the port here,
Burned buildings and debris surrounds the port here, March 27, 2011, the result of the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Caleb Eames/Released)
Marines fire an M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzer
Marines fire an M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzer at night June 10 during Artillery Relocation Training Program 14-1 at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Japan. During the exercise, artillery Marines trained in rel... More
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team exit a United States Army UH-60 after a mixed-multi bilateral flight over Orient Shield 2018. The objectives of OS 18 include training ... More
The guided-missile destroyer USS Russell approaches
The guided-missile destroyer USS Russell approaches Takamatsu Pier in Sendai, Japan. Russell, home ported in Hawaii, is serving in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility and is visiting Sendai as part of the... More
Seaman Justin Popp prepares to raise the flag during
Seaman Justin Popp prepares to raise the flag during morning colors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell. Russell, home ported in Hawaii, is currently serving in the Seventh Fleet area of responsibi... More
Master Sgt. Claudesedrick Grace, the non-commission
Master Sgt. Claudesedrick Grace, the non-commission officer in charge of Joint Force Land Component Command (Forward), and Detroit native, removes a frame of broken glass from the Nobiru Rail Station, April 21 ... More
Tanaka, Wissler pay tribute, celebrate continued partnership
U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John Wissler, right, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Toshiaki Tanaka toast March 10 in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, during a visit to northern Japan in tribute to the third anniv... More
U.S. Marines with 3rd battalion, 12th Marine Regiment,
U.S. Marines with 3rd battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, move a M777 Howitzer into position during Artillery Relocation Training Program 18-4, in Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Miyagi Prefecture, J... More
A toy truck remains in the debris April 1 after a earthquake
A toy truck remains in the debris April 1 after a earthquake and tsunami struck the island March 11. Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, are aiding local... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex clean up debris from a harbor. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors assigned to the Essex Amphibious Read... More
Rear Adm. Jeffery S. Jones, right, shakes hands with
Rear Adm. Jeffery S. Jones, right, shakes hands with Yuji Shirahata, director of the Oshima Management Office, during a ceremony marking the end of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group's participation in disaster r... More
A Marine and a Japan Self-Defense Force service member
A Marine and a Japan Self-Defense Force service member holds flags during the opening ceremony for Exercise Forest Light at Sendai training area, Miyagi, Japan, Feb 18, 2018. Forest Light is designed to maintai... More