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Soldiers from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force and the 25th Infantry Division, participate in bilateral training Exercise ORIENT SHIELD

Soldiers from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force and the 25th Infa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release... More

A soldier from the 25th Infantry Division, right, explains the operation of an M16A1 rifle and night vision scope to a soldier from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force during bilateral training Exercise ORIENT SHIELD

A soldier from the 25th Infantry Division, right, explains the operati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release... More

SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Steven Reitam, left, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, shows Sergeant (SGT) Imamura of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force how to properly hold an M16 rifle equippped with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher during Exercise NORTHWIND '87. Members of the 25th Infantry Division are undergoing 23 days of special cold weather training with members of the

SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Steven Reitam, left, Company C, 3rd Batt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHWIND '87 Base: Camp Aomori Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Clarence Y.S. Lui Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Taiwanese Lieutenant General (LGEN) Somchita, left, talks with Colonel (COL) McDonald, commander of the air station, center, and Colonel (COL) Dillon, US Army, right, during Taiwanese general's visit to the station

Taiwanese Lieutenant General (LGEN) Somchita, left, talks with Colonel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Station, Futenma State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT M.J. Burgess Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Soldier of the 25th Infantry Division (Light), play "pushball" with their Japanese counterparts while in Japan for the combined Japanese/U.S. exercise Orient Shield '89

Soldier of the 25th Infantry Division (Light), play "pushball" with th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD '89 Base: Camp Kita State: Kumamoto Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Pat Mckee Release Status:... More

U.S. Army retired GEN. John W. Vessey (left), MAJ. GEN. Robert Swann (center), Commander Military District of Washington, and The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, prepare to lay a wreath at the World War II Memorial on Sept. 2, 2005, in Washington, D.C. The wreath ceremony was part of evening events in D.C. to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of VJ Day.  The event commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Japanese surrender, formally ending World War II.  (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Kevin J. Gruenwald) (Released)

U.S. Army retired GEN. John W. Vessey (left), MAJ. GEN. Robert Swann (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: National Mall State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald, USAF Rele... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Jorge Davila prepares to release his military working dog Kibo during a simulated attack demonstration on Forward Operating Base Remagen in Tikrit, Iraq, April 27, 2006.   Davila and Kibo are deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and attached to the 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Jorge Davila prepares to release his militar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST Scen... More

U.S. Army SGT. John McWhoter, from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 78th Signal Battalion, 516th Signal Brigade, sits at his laptop computer to monitor any request for assistance in support of exercise Yama Sakura 51. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. Osolda McClelland) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. John McWhoter, from Headquarters and Headquarters Compa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Osaka State: Camp Itami Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: JAPAN Scene Camera Operator: SGT Osolda Mcclelland, USA Release Status:... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Takeshi Sakai,

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Takeshi Sakai,

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Takeshi Sakai, commander of the Northern Army, presents a commander's challenge coin to U.S. Army Maj. Jamey Barcomb with the 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters Tactic... More

A motorcycle club invites Japan Ground Self-Defense

A motorcycle club invites Japan Ground Self-Defense

A motorcycle club invites Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers out for an evening ride, Sept. 15, 2013, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Miranda/Released)

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, provost marshal general

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, provost marshal general

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, provost marshal general of the Army, commanding general United States Army Criminal Investigation Command and Army Corrections Command, participates in a gift exchange with Col. Shi... More

Camp Zama’s Youth Sports and Fitness program named ‘Quality Program Provider’

Camp Zama’s Youth Sports and Fitness program named ‘Quality Program Pr...

Members of a basketball team in Camp Zama's Youth Sports and Fitness program practice at the Camp Zama Youth Center. The YSF program was awarded the "Better Sports for Kids Quality Program Provider" designation... More

Soldiers assigned to 311th Military Intelligence Battalion

Soldiers assigned to 311th Military Intelligence Battalion

Soldiers assigned to 311th Military Intelligence Battalion participate in Army physical readiness training June 12, 2018 at the Dining Facility Field during Camp Zama's Army Birthday Week celebration. (U.S. Arm... More

Marvin Emerson, U.S. Army Medical Activity - Japan

Marvin Emerson, U.S. Army Medical Activity - Japan

Marvin Emerson, U.S. Army Medical Activity - Japan commander, presents the cup to the winner of the 70th annual BG Sams Equestrian Cup on Nov. 18, 2018, at Tsukui Equestrian Park.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shaun Pinheiro-Pires, 321st Field

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shaun Pinheiro-Pires, 321st Field

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shaun Pinheiro-Pires, 321st Field Artillery Regiment M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher chief, awaits orders to load a HIMARS onto a C-130J at Little Rock Air Force Base, A... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, participate in an exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 29, 2019. Alpha Battery set up two M903 semi-trailer ... More

Julio Escareno, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command

Julio Escareno, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command

Julio Escareno, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (commonly known as CID) special agent in charge at Camp Zama, gestures toward his throat while talking about strangulation and suffocation during the Fam... More

Olivia Harris, 2, decorates a purple pumpkin during

Olivia Harris, 2, decorates a purple pumpkin during

Olivia Harris, 2, decorates a purple pumpkin during the third annual “Purple Pumpkin” event at U.S. Army Garrison Japan Army Community Service at Camp Zama, Japan, Oct. 9, 2019.

Sgt. Joey Lovelady, assigned to the 311th Military

Sgt. Joey Lovelady, assigned to the 311th Military

Sgt. Joey Lovelady, assigned to the 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, heads to a bus with his daughter Khloey, 3, during the Emergency Evacuation Program Phase II Drill at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 17, 2019.

Pvt. Elijah Clarke, a Multi-Transmission Systems Operator

Pvt. Elijah Clarke, a Multi-Transmission Systems Operator

Pvt. Elijah Clarke, a Multi-Transmission Systems Operator Maintainer assigned to the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command fires his M4 as part of the 94th AAMDC Best Warrior Competition on July 17, 2020, a... More

Indian Army medical personnel cheer on their teammates

Indian Army medical personnel cheer on their teammates

Indian Army medical personnel cheer on their teammates during a sports field meet at Berakas Army Garrison Camp, Brunei Darussalam, June 14. The competition took place as part of the Association of Southeast As... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Pacific enjoy a

U.S. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Pacific enjoy a

U.S. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Pacific enjoy a traditional dance performed by indigenous Australians during a welcome to country ceremony at Robertson Barracks, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, May 1... More

170911-N-BG828-047 CAMP SHIN YOKOTSUKA, JAPAN (Sept.

170911-N-BG828-047 CAMP SHIN YOKOTSUKA, JAPAN (Sept.

170911-N-BG828-047 CAMP SHIN YOKOTSUKA, JAPAN (Sept. 11, 2017) U.S. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) participate in the Orient Shield 2017 opening cer... More

Students line up to explore a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

Students line up to explore a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

Students line up to explore a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter courtesy of the U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Jan. 25, 2018 for the STEM Symposium at Arnn Elementary. (U.S. Army photo by Lance D. Davis)

America’s First Corps Commanding General, Lt. Gen.

America’s First Corps Commanding General, Lt. Gen.

America’s First Corps Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, presents a coin to Master Sgt. Masatoshi Saito, Japan Northern Army, during Yama Sakura 75 at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, Dec. 13, 201... More

A total of 158 Vietnamese people, including Lt. Col

A total of 158 Vietnamese people, including Lt. Col

A total of 158 Vietnamese people, including Lt. Col Lan Dalat’s family, who escaped from Vietnam sail in the South China Sea. (Photo courtesy of Lt. Col. Lan Dalat)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Julius Dunson, right, a combative

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Julius Dunson, right, a combative

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Julius Dunson, right, a combative master instructor with 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment and Sgt. David Jackson, left, a Tech control Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge wi... More

190907-A-FJ530-328 OYANOHARA TRAINING AREA, Japan (Sept.

190907-A-FJ530-328 OYANOHARA TRAINING AREA, Japan (Sept.

190907-A-FJ530-328 OYANOHARA TRAINING AREA, Japan (Sept. 7, 2019) U.S. Army Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and members of the 16th Infantry Regiment, Japan ... More

Army Col. Michael Baim, commander, 555th Engineering

Army Col. Michael Baim, commander, 555th Engineering

Army Col. Michael Baim, commander, 555th Engineering Brigade, highlights an area on a map to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Makoto Toyoda, commander, 1st Engineering Brigade, during a bilateral opera... More

From left, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Hoff, Japan

From left, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Hoff, Japan

From left, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Hoff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Hirosuke Watanbe, Leading Seaman Daisuke Araki and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. 1st Class Yasuyuki Iwashita inspect r... More

U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members volunteered in the local community during Yama Sakura (YS) 71. About 40 personnel helped clean up two different locations that were damaged... More

Students from Zama American Middle-High School Drama

Students from Zama American Middle-High School Drama

Students from Zama American Middle-High School Drama and Chorus Class invited women in uniform from the audience to sing the national anthem with them to honor what they do for the nation during the Women's His... More

About 80 students from Zama Middle High School packed

About 80 students from Zama Middle High School packed

About 80 students from Zama Middle High School packed the Camp Zama Bowling Center Feb. 6, 2019, for the Strike Out Teen Dating Violence event.

Spc. Christopher Romo (center), unit supply specialist,

Spc. Christopher Romo (center), unit supply specialist,

Spc. Christopher Romo (center), unit supply specialist, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, displays his Army Achievement Medal, alongside interim Command Sgt. Maj. George S. Rupprecht (left), 38... More

The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Co-Operative

The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Co-Operative

The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Co-Operative group members brandishes "Ichan Dan" team t-shirt at the Samurai Combative Training Center, U.S. Army Camp Zama, Japan. (Photo: Luis Casale/Released)

Members of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps

Members of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps

Members of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps present four new computers donated by the Thailand Department of Commerce to the students and community of Ban Sa la Kai Fub in Mueang District, Sukhothai pr... More

836th Transportation Battalion work alongside the 1st

836th Transportation Battalion work alongside the 1st

836th Transportation Battalion work alongside the 1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division, and Japanese contractors to offload equipment, September 8, 2017 at Yokohama North Dock. The Ocean Jazz cargo ship... More

U.S. Army Sgt. David Jackson, a Tech control NCOIC

U.S. Army Sgt. David Jackson, a Tech control NCOIC

U.S. Army Sgt. David Jackson, a Tech control NCOIC with the 78th Signal Battalion stretches his arms at McCutcheon Gym on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan on Dec. 7, 2017. The Army Combative Pro... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Eckert, left, poses

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Eckert, left, poses

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Eckert, left, poses with his friend Jermain St. Hilaire, right, during a county track meet on at Maitland Middle School in Maitland, Fla., May 14, 2005. Eckert participated in a p... More

CAMP KENGUN, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

CAMP KENGUN, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

CAMP KENGUN, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan -- Japan's Minister of Defense, the Honorable Tomomi Inada, visits Japanese, U.S., Canadian and Australian service members during Yama Sakura 71, Dec. 8 at... More

Camp Zama students in grades third through 12th, and

Camp Zama students in grades third through 12th, and

Camp Zama students in grades third through 12th, and members of The Young Americans chant Zama for their picture before their performance March 1, 2018 inside Arnn Elementary School's cafeteria on Sagamihara Fa... More

Garry Ledbetter, Mobilization and Development program

Garry Ledbetter, Mobilization and Development program

Garry Ledbetter, Mobilization and Development program manager for Camp Zama’s Amy Community Service, shows an emergency kit to his co-workers Aug. 23 during a “shelter in place” drill held as part of U.S. Army ... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers arrange a

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers arrange a

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers arrange a Type 12 Surface to Ship Missile System so that it can display its range of movement as part of the Orient Shield 2019 media day, Sept. 17 2019, Oyanohara Train... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, participate in an exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 29, 2019. Alpha Battery set up two M903 semi-trailer ... More

Capt. Stephen D. Murphy, commander, Battery A, 1st

Capt. Stephen D. Murphy, commander, Battery A, 1st

Capt. Stephen D. Murphy, commander, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, briefs U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, commander, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, and Japan Air... More

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, provost marshal general

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, provost marshal general

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, provost marshal general of the Army, commanding general United States Army Criminal Investigation Command and Army Corrections Command, participates in a gift exchange with Maj. Shi... More

170914-N-HS500-0016 CAMP FUJI, JAPAN (Sept. 14, 2017)

170914-N-HS500-0016 CAMP FUJI, JAPAN (Sept. 14, 2017)

170914-N-HS500-0016 CAMP FUJI, JAPAN (Sept. 14, 2017) A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache conducts aerial patrol during a live fire training event as part of exercise Orient Shield 2017 at Camp Fuji, Sept. 13, 2017. The e... More

170915-N-LT766-0097 HONSHU, JAPAN (Sept. 15, 2017)

170915-N-LT766-0097 HONSHU, JAPAN (Sept. 15, 2017)

170915-N-LT766-0097 HONSHU, JAPAN (Sept. 15, 2017) U.S. Army Sgt. Marshall Medley, a crew chief attached to Company C, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, looks out over the co... More

U.S. Navy personnel aboard the USS Benfold (DDG-65)

U.S. Navy personnel aboard the USS Benfold (DDG-65)

U.S. Navy personnel aboard the USS Benfold (DDG-65) prepare to help guide a U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopter during deck landing qualifications in the Sagami Bay Feb. 2. (U.S. Arm... More

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, Provost Marshal General

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, Provost Marshal General

Maj. Gen. David E. Quantock, Provost Marshal General of the Army, Commanding General United States Army Criminal Investigation Command and Army Corrections Command participates in a group photo with (left to ri... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers and paratroopers

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers and paratroopers

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers and paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct an airborne proficiency operation on Male... More

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force conduct

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force conduct

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force conduct urban area exercises during Rising Thunder 19, September 7, 2019 at the Yakima training Center in Yakima, Washington. Rising Thunder is an annual exerci... More

U.S. Army UH-60 ‘Blackhawk’ flies in formation over

U.S. Army UH-60 ‘Blackhawk’ flies in formation over

U.S. Army UH-60 ‘Blackhawk’ flies in formation over the waters near Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 9, 2019. The deck landing increases the proficiency between U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan ... More

Indonesian airmen, Khaan Quest instructors and roles

Indonesian airmen, Khaan Quest instructors and roles

Indonesian airmen, Khaan Quest instructors and roles players gather for a group photo at the completion of their checkpoint scenarios at a simulated United Nations checkpoint at Five Hills Training Area in Mong... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Platoon, Company

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Platoon, Company

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 9th Engineer Support Battalion and Soldiers with the Royal Thai Army 302nd Engineer Battalion spread concrete for a classroom being constructed during Exerc... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roger F. Mathews, deputy commander

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roger F. Mathews, deputy commander

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roger F. Mathews, deputy commander of U.S. Army Pacific, salutes Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Preecha Jan o cha, the Royal Thai 3rd Army commander, during a dedication ceremony Feb. 19 at Ban Sa... More

Dawn Wilkie, left, a civilian employee at Camp Zama,

Dawn Wilkie, left, a civilian employee at Camp Zama,

Dawn Wilkie, left, a civilian employee at Camp Zama, begins her trek down Mount Fuji Aug. 24, 2019.

Royal Thai Marine Pvt. Akom Nasoum, Marine Division,

Royal Thai Marine Pvt. Akom Nasoum, Marine Division,

Royal Thai Marine Pvt. Akom Nasoum, Marine Division, Engineer Company hands a bucket of water to U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nathan Grove, combat engineer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36... More

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Reymark Racadio,

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Reymark Racadio,

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Reymark Racadio, UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, coordinates cargo sling loading during a battalion collective training exercise July 31, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. U... More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III plants one

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III plants one

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III plants one of the first trees outside a new multipurpose building during a dedication ceremony at the Ban Tabaek Ngan School in Mueang, Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand... More

Ten Army UH-60 and three HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters

Ten Army UH-60 and three HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters

Ten Army UH-60 and three HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters that participated in this year's bilateral field training exercise ORIENT SHIELD, arrived here Sept. 22 for pre-loading preparations. Upon landing the helico... More

Ten Army UH-60 and three HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters

Ten Army UH-60 and three HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters

Ten Army UH-60 and three HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters that participated in this year's bilateral field training exercise ORIENT SHIELD, arrived here Sept. 22 for pre-loading preparations. Upon landing the helico... More

Sgt. Colin Deeter participates in the Japan Self-Defense

Sgt. Colin Deeter participates in the Japan Self-Defense

Sgt. Colin Deeter participates in the Japan Self-Defense Force Marching Band Festival, Nov.16, 2017, at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan. Deeter, from Joliet, Illinois, is a trombonist in the III Marine... More

CAMP ZAMA, Japan- U.S. Army Japan Soldiers competed

CAMP ZAMA, Japan- U.S. Army Japan Soldiers competed

CAMP ZAMA, Japan- U.S. Army Japan Soldiers competed in Warrior Games while braving the heat and environment during USARJ's Army Week in celebration of the U.S. Army's 245th Birthday June 8-10.

Paratroopers from the 1st Airborne Brigade Japanese

Paratroopers from the 1st Airborne Brigade Japanese

Paratroopers from the 1st Airborne Brigade Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force prepare to move into position to provide support by fire during training with U.S. Army Alaska’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25... More

A 1st Airborne Brigade Japanese Ground Self-Defense

A 1st Airborne Brigade Japanese Ground Self-Defense

A 1st Airborne Brigade Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force paratrooper watches with his Howa 84RR rocket system, the Japanese-made version of the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, in positioned to provide support by... More

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit descend

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit descend

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit descend into the tunnels of the former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters during a Marine Corps Community Services-sponsored tour of historically significant ... More

CAMP ZAMA, Japan- U.S. Army Japan Soldiers competed

CAMP ZAMA, Japan- U.S. Army Japan Soldiers competed

CAMP ZAMA, Japan- U.S. Army Japan Soldiers competed in Warrior Games while braving the heat and environment during USARJ's Army Week in celebration of the U.S. Army's 245th Birthday June 8-10.

Royal Thai Army Soldiers with the 34th Mobile Development

Royal Thai Army Soldiers with the 34th Mobile Development

Royal Thai Army Soldiers with the 34th Mobile Development Unit recycle wood forms during an engineering civic assistance project at the Khao Rai Sriracha Elementary School, Phitsanulok province, Kingdom of Thai... More

Mark Kirsch waves to the crowd during the 42nd Japan

Mark Kirsch waves to the crowd during the 42nd Japan

Mark Kirsch waves to the crowd during the 42nd Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2018. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has held a single... More

Students from the Khao Rai Sriracha Elementary School

Students from the Khao Rai Sriracha Elementary School

Students from the Khao Rai Sriracha Elementary School perform an indigenous dance for the U.S. military personnel, Phitsanulok province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 22. Exercise Cobra Gold (CG 13) forces conduct ... More

A team of doctors uses a view box to look at the X-rays of a patient in the Radiology Clinic at the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Kuwae

A team of doctors uses a view box to look at the X-rays of a patient i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Kuwae State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

The Red Cross lounge for patients at the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Kuwae

The Red Cross lounge for patients at the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Kuwa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Kuwae State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

An optometrist examines a patient using the Phoropter to determine the refractive powers of the eye in the Optical Clinic at the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Kuwae

An optometrist examines a patient using the Phoropter to determine the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Kuwae State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

The inpatient pharmacy manufacturing area where prescriptions are filled for wards and clinics at the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Kuwae

The inpatient pharmacy manufacturing area where prescriptions are fill...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Kuwae State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

An aerial view of the east side of the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Kuwae

An aerial view of the east side of the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Kuwae

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "Total Demolition", Osaka, Japan, 1945, ink, 8" X 10-1/2". Artist: Barse Miller. Catalog Number: D.5.2.46. US Army Art Collection

Artwork: "Total Demolition", Osaka, Japan, 1945, ink, 8" X 10-1/2". Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Captain (CPT) Rod Cromer, supply officer, 1ST Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, checks the defensive perimeter of a Japanese soldier during bilateral training in logistics given by the 1ST Infantry Division, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, during Exercise ORIENT SHIELD. The Japanese soldier is armed with a Type 64 7.62 mm rifle

Captain (CPT) Rod Cromer, supply officer, 1ST Brigade, 25th Infantry D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release... More

A soldier from the 25th Infantry Division, right, explains the optical sight of an M220A1 tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank missile launcher to a soldier from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force during bilateral training Exercise ORIENT SHIELD

A soldier from the 25th Infantry Division, right, explains the optical...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release... More

Lieutenant General (LGEN) Charles W. Dyke, commander of the US Army, Japan, and IX Corps, greets several non-commissioned officers of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise YAMA SAKURA XI

Lieutenant General (LGEN) Charles W. Dyke, commander of the US Army, J...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: YAMA SAKURA XI Base: Camp Sendai Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Spc Kim R. Archer Release Status: Released to P... More

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) M. Caffie of the 47th Infantry Division, Army National Guard, discusses tactics with officers of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise YAMA SAKURA XI

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) M. Caffie of the 47th Infantry Division, Army...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: YAMA SAKURA XI Base: Camp Sendai Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Spc Jose Trejo Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Members of the 3rd Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div., practice skiing while towing a loaded sled during Exercise Northwind '87. Members of the 25th Infantry Division are undergoing 23 days of special cold weather training with members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force in the Kotani and Hirosaki Training Areas

Members of the 3rd Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div., practice skiing whi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHWIND '87 Base: Camp Aomori Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Clarence Lui Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Members of the 3rd Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div., learn to ski down a slalom course during Exercise Northwind '87. Members of the 25th Infantry Division are undergoing 23 days of special cold weather training with members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force in the Kotani and Hirosaki Training Areas

Members of the 3rd Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div., learn to ski down a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHWIND '87 Base: Camp Aomori Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Clarence Lui Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Members of the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force practice basic skiing techniques during Exercise NORTHWIND '87. Members of the 25th Infantry Division are undergoing 23 days of special cold weather training with members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force in the Kotani and Hirosaki Training Areas

Members of the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHWIND '87 Base: Camp Aomori Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Clarence Y.S. Lui Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A US Army (USA) Honor Guard Team, from 1ST Battalion, 1ST Special Forces Group (Airborne) removes a flag draped tranfer case carrying the remains of USA Sergeant First Class (SFC) Mark Wayne Jackson from an aircraft at Kadena Air Base (AB) Okinawa, Japan. SFC Jackson was assigned to A/Company, 2nd Battalion, 1ST Special Forces Group (SFG) (Airborne), Operational Detachment Alpha 142, and was killed during a bombing attack at an open-air restaurant, outside the gate at Camp Enrile Malagutay, Zamboanga, Philippines. (Substandard image)

A US Army (USA) Honor Guard Team, from 1ST Battalion, 1ST Special Forc...

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

While touring, US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Thomas B. Fargo, Commander, US Pacific Command (USPACOM), talks with fellow Sailors, US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and US Army (USA) Soldiers as part of a command visit to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, Okinawa, Japan

While touring, US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Thomas B. Fargo, Commander,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: III MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Shane A. Aus... More

Retired U.S. Army GEN. John W. Vessey (left), MAJ. GEN. Robert Swann, Commander Military District of Washington, and The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) enter the World War II Memorial on Sept. 2, 2005, in Washington, District of Columbia prior to a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of V-J Day.  The event commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Japanese formal surrender, which ended World War II.  (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Kevin J. Gruenwald) (Released)

Retired U.S. Army GEN. John W. Vessey (left), MAJ. GEN. Robert Swann, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: National Mall State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald, USAF Rele... More

Kristian Joy pins rank on his father, Master Sgt. Kevin

Kristian Joy pins rank on his father, Master Sgt. Kevin

Kristian Joy pins rank on his father, Master Sgt. Kevin Joy, during a promotion ceremony March 4 at Torii Station's Chapel Annex, Okinawa, Japan. Joy, a human resources plans and operations noncommissioned offi... More

Thai students hold their nations flag while awaiting

Thai students hold their nations flag while awaiting

Thai students hold their nations flag while awaiting the arrival of multinational dignitaries prior to the start of a dedication ceremony at the Ban Tabaek Ngan School in Mueang, Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailan... More

U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members volunteered in the local community during Yama Sakura (YS) 71. About 40 personnel helped clean up two different locations that were damaged... More

Col. Richard Cleveland, I Corps chief of operations,

Col. Richard Cleveland, I Corps chief of operations,

Col. Richard Cleveland, I Corps chief of operations, conducts bilateral mission planning with Japan Ground Self Defense Force counterparts in the Combined Operations Intelligence Center on Camp Kengun, Japan, 1... More

Spc. Josh Bennett, broadcast journalist with the 133rd

Spc. Josh Bennett, broadcast journalist with the 133rd

Spc. Josh Bennett, broadcast journalist with the 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, reviews the footage he shot during the Morale, Welfare and Recreation trips offered during Yama Sakura 61 in Osaka, Japan, Jan. 28.

A Royal Thai Army soldier and U.S. Army Staff Sgt.

A Royal Thai Army soldier and U.S. Army Staff Sgt.

A Royal Thai Army soldier and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Samnang Virakpanyou discuss a construction project in Thai Feb. 13 at the Ban Sa la Kai Fub School in Sukhothai province, Kingdom of Thailand. Soldiers with th... More

Japan Ground Self Defense Force troops learn about

Japan Ground Self Defense Force troops learn about

Japan Ground Self Defense Force troops learn about Stryker vehicles from Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment during 2014 Rising Thunder Exercises. The annual training partners Japanese military pe... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force medics carry a wounded

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force medics carry a wounded

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force medics carry a wounded comrade to safety while U.S. Army medics look on during a bilateral medical training exercise at Aibano Training Area, Japan, Sept. 12, 2016. Scenarios in ... More

Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, I Corps commanding general,

Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, I Corps commanding general,

Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, I Corps commanding general, presents a coin of excellence to a Japan Ground Self Defense Force service member during an awards ceremony held on Camp Kengun, Japan, 10 Dec., 2016. The cer... More

Spc. Jenkins, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with 1st Battalion,

Spc. Jenkins, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with 1st Battalion,

Spc. Jenkins, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, tightens a bolt on the front of a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV), part of a scheduled maintenance repair on... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Adam Padilla, right, an infantryman

U.S. Army Pfc. Adam Padilla, right, an infantryman

U.S. Army Pfc. Adam Padilla, right, an infantryman with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and Japanese Sgt. Tomotsugu Sudu, a gunner with 4th Tank Battalion, Japanese Gr... More

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal (left)

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal (left)

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal (left) welcomes Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Eiji Kimizuka (right), along with U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno (middle) ... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Shelton Williamson, command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Shelton Williamson, command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Shelton Williamson, command sergeant major, 10th Regional Support Group, gets a closer look at a ship in the ocean with binoculars as Command Sgt. Maj. Lenoard Pitts, command sergeant major, 8... More

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