YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. -- A 12th Regiment Japan

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. -- A 12th Regiment Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service member shakes hands with one of his counterparts from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, before a support by fire bilateral exercise at Yakima Center Training, Wash. Sept. 9 during Rising Thunder. Rising Thunder is an annual, bilateral exercise between the JGSDF and U.S. Army and is part of Pacific Pathways. (U.S Army photo by Sgt. Quanesha Deloach)