Colonel (COL) Kousaku Shouda, Commander of Headquarters Southwestern Composite Air Division, Naha, Japan, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) shakes hands with United States Forces Japan (USFJ) Exercise COPE NORTH 02-1 Director COL Frank Gorenc, 18th Operations Group Commander (OGC), Kadena Air Base, Japan. COL Donald Weckhorst, 605th Air Operations Group Commander, Yokota Air Base, salutes the commander and COL Masato Watanabe, 83rd Air Wing Vice Commander, Naha, Japan