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An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the

PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 09, 2016) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 lands on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during Exercise Keen Sword 2017 (... More

United States Air Force SSGT Issac D. Morrow checks his computer system in United States Forces Japan's (USFJ) Command Post at Yokota Air Base, Japan. SSGT Morrow and 4,000 other US military members are participating with Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) members in KEEN EDGE '96, a joint/bilateral command post exercise from January 25 until February 2, 1996

United States Air Force SSGT Issac D. Morrow checks his computer syste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KEEN EDGE '96 Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SRA C. M. Ricardo Release Status: Released t... More

Nearly two dozen portable office units have been squeezed into a hangar at Yokota Air Base, Japan in support of KEEN EDGE '96, a joint/bilateral command post exercise involving United States Forces Japan (USFJ) and Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) members. This year's exercise is the first to use the Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) and the Corps Battle Simulation (CBS) computer systems in the same exercise

Nearly two dozen portable office units have been squeezed into a hanga...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KEEN EDGE '96 Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SRA C. M. Ricardo Release Status: Released t... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mark Hatfield (left) uses a video camera to record USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Brogan, during a stand-up interview on the flight line at Hong Kong International Airport. TSGT Hatfield and SSGT Brogan are both assigned to Detachment 10 American Forces Network-Tokyo, Yokota Air Base, Japan, and are covering the annual Hong Kong Search and Rescue Exercise. A Japan Self Defense Force (JASDF) UH-60J Search and Rescue helicopter is parked in the background

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mark Hatfield (left) use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hong Kong International Airport Country: Hong Kong (HKG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

Members of the Commander U.S. Naval Forces Japan Regional Fire Department respond in a simulated mass casualty.

Members of the Commander U.S. Naval Forces Japan Regional Fire Departm...

U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan (Feb. 25, 2004) Members of the Commander U.S. Naval Forces Japan Regional Fire Department respond in a simulated mass casualty. The hospital participates in frequent drills ... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (right), SENIOR AIRMAN Charles Leste, (2nd from right), and STAFF SGT. Paul Riley, (left), 18th Maintenance Group aircraft armament systems specialists, discuss munitions loading procedured with Japan Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 1ST LT. Kimiyasu Kono, (2nd from left), during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training, in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (right), SENIOR AIRMAN ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

U.S. Marine Col. Preston W. Jones speaks to students

U.S. Marine Col. Preston W. Jones speaks to students

U.S. Marine Col. Preston W. Jones speaks to students and instructors of the Japan Joint Staff College July 3 at Camp Courtney. The discussion gave the students and instructors an overview of the III Marine Expe... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers board the

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers board the

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers board the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem for a cooperative work program shipboard tour. The work program is a partnership between the U.S. Army... More

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force MH-60J helicopter lands at  Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka to deliver a simulated casualty to a U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka.

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force MH-60J helicopter lands at Comman...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 29, 2010) A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force MH-60J helicopter lands at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka to deliver a simulated casualty to a U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka ambulance an... More

Naval Air Facility Atsugi

Naval Air Facility Atsugi

Hospitalman Tom Mersereau, left, and a firefighter from Naval Air Facility Atsugi tend to a patient with a head injury during a guard and protect exercise. The bi-lateral exercise allowed the Japanese Ground Se... More

Capt. James Haugen, commanding officer of Naval Air

Capt. James Haugen, commanding officer of Naval Air

Capt. James Haugen, commanding officer of Naval Air Facility Misawa, center, gives a briefing to Japan Self-Defense Force Gen. Nobuaki Miyama, the South Kanto Defense Bureau director, and his tour group. Miyam... More

Retired Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Noboru

Retired Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Noboru

Retired Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Noboru Yamaguchi, professor of military history and strategy, National Defense Academy, expresses his views on security issues in the region and the relationship... More

A Japan Self-Defense Force armored vehicle is craned aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46).

A Japan Self-Defense Force armored vehicle is craned aboard the amphib...

TOMAKOMAI KO, Japan (Mar. 15, 2011) A Japan Self-Defense Force armored vehicle is craned aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Tortuga loaded humanitarian supplies and more than 20 vehic... More

A Japan Self-Defense Force armored vehicle is craned aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46).

A Japan Self-Defense Force armored vehicle is craned aboard the amphib...

TOMAKOMAI KO, Japan (Mar. 15, 2011) A Japan Self-Defense Force armored vehicle is craned aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Tortuga loaded humanitarian supplies and more than 20 vehic... More

Nations unite for humanitarian mission

Nations unite for humanitarian mission

Kadena airmen and members of the Royal Australian Air Force discuss their upcoming mission inside the RAAF C-17 Globemaster III before heading to northern Japan March 17, 2011. The C-17, along with several memb... More

Senior Airman Andrew Ammerman, an air terminal operations

Senior Airman Andrew Ammerman, an air terminal operations

Senior Airman Andrew Ammerman, an air terminal operations center controller with the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, guides a 15 Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force truck onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-1... More

Staff Sgt. Jay Steppat, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jay Steppat, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jay Steppat, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron electo environmental craftsman, marshals in a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson C-17 Globemaster III on the Kadena Air Base flight line, March 17. The C-17 crew... More

Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, commander of Joint Support Force, addresses Japanese media after meeting with the Japan Joint Staff.

Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, commander of Joint Support Force, addresses Jap...

ICHIGAYA, Japan (Mar. 26, 2011) Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, commander of Joint Support Force, addresses Japanese media after meeting with the Japan Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Force to coordinate continued... More

Col. Chris Coke, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Expeditionary

Col. Chris Coke, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Expeditionary

Col. Chris Coke, chief of staff for 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Joint Support Forces Japan, opens the bilateral symposium on mental health here March 31 by discussing the importance of interoperability an... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 366th

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 366th

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 366th Fighter Squadron taxis for takeoff at Eielson AFB, Alaska, on July 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

Lt. Michael Bono waves goodbye to members of the Japan Self-Defense Force as the the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) gets underway from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Base Kure.

Lt. Michael Bono waves goodbye to members of the Japan Self-Defense Fo...

KURE, Japan (Sep. 22, 2011) Lt. Michael Bono waves goodbye to members of the Japan Self-Defense Force as the the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) gets underway from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense F... More

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX ) 2011.

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 04, 2011) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX ) 2011, a bilateral field-training exercise sponsored by the Japan ... More

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX ) 2011.

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 04, 2011) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX ) 2011, a bilateral field-training exercise sponsored by the Japan ... More

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX ) 2011.

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 04, 2011) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX ) 2011, a bilateral field-training exercise sponsored by the Japan ... More

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX ) 2011.

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 04, 2011) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX ) 2011, a bilateral field-training exercise sponsored by the Japan ... More

Chief Engineman Charles Le leads a tour of the yard tug USS Menominee (YT 807) for representatives of the Japan Self-Defense Force at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka.

Chief Engineman Charles Le leads a tour of the yard tug USS Menominee ...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jun. 05, 2012) Chief Engineman Charles Le leads a tour of the yard tug USS Menominee (YT 807) for representatives of the Japan Self-Defense Force at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka. The vi... More

Chief Engineman Charles Le leads a tour of the yard tug USS Menominee (YT 807) for representatives of the Japan Self-Defense Force at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka.

Chief Engineman Charles Le leads a tour of the yard tug USS Menominee ...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jun. 05, 2012) Chief Engineman Charles Le leads a tour of the yard tug USS Menominee (YT 807) for representatives of the Japan Self-Defense Force at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka. The vi... More

Capt. Mark Turner, commanding officer of Naval Hospital Yokosuka, welcomes Rear Adm. Humiko Hirata, director of Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka, before the start of an annual bilateral mass casualty drill.

Capt. Mark Turner, commanding officer of Naval Hospital Yokosuka, welc...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 07, 2012) Capt. Mark Turner, commanding officer of Naval Hospital Yokosuka, welcomes Rear Adm. Humiko Hirata, director of Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka, before the star... More

Soldier musicians from the 9th Army Band in Alaska,

Soldier musicians from the 9th Army Band in Alaska,

Soldier musicians from the 9th Army Band in Alaska, 8th Army Band in Korea, and the 25th Infantry Division Band in Hawaii unite with the U.S. Army Japan Band to form a 67-member marching band, dubbed the U.S. A... More

Soldier musicians from the 9th Army Band in Alaska,

Soldier musicians from the 9th Army Band in Alaska,

Soldier musicians from the 9th Army Band in Alaska, 8th Army Band in Korea, and the 25th Infantry Division Band in Hawaii unite with the U.S. Army Japan Band to form a 67-member marching band, dubbed the U.S. A... More

Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1648, carrying U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Self-Defense Force, prepares to embark aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4).

Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1648, carrying U.S. Marines and members of...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 07, 2013) Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1648, carrying U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Self-Defense Force, prepares to embark aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer ... More

Japanese Lt. Gen. Koichi Isobe, left, and U.S. Consul

Japanese Lt. Gen. Koichi Isobe, left, and U.S. Consul

Japanese Lt. Gen. Koichi Isobe, left, and U.S. Consul General, Naha Alfred R. Magleby, center, speak with U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. William L. DePue March 4, prior to a familiarization flight in an MV-22B Ospr... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Fernan P. Diamse,

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Fernan P. Diamse,

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Fernan P. Diamse, right, demonstrates the life-like texture of a mannequin’s skin to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Yoshiro Oshika March 28 at the III Marine Expedi... More

Sgt. Bryon D. Boyd watches as Japan Self-Defense Force

Sgt. Bryon D. Boyd watches as Japan Self-Defense Force

Sgt. Bryon D. Boyd watches as Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers perform drill movements April 26 at Camp Itazuma, Gotenba, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan as part of their basic enlisted English course curriculum. T... More

The single Marines program team paddles through the

The single Marines program team paddles through the

The single Marines program team paddles through the Naha New Port Wharf during the 39th annual Naha dragon boat race May 5. The SMP team practiced with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Explosive Ordnance Dis... More

 A Japan Self-Defense Force landing craft air cushion approaches San Clemente Island.

A Japan Self-Defense Force landing craft air cushion approaches San C...

SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (Jun. 17, 2013) A Japan Self-Defense Force landing craft air cushion approaches San Clemente Island during exercise Dawn Blitz. Dawn Blitz is a multilateral amphibious exercise desig... More

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks as the guest

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks as the guest

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks as the guest of honor during the 2013 Okinawa Memorial Service for All War Dead June 23 at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Park in Itoman. Abe expressed remorse on ... More

Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) Army Sgt. 1st Class

Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) Army Sgt. 1st Class

Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) Army Sgt. 1st Class Yasuyuki Iwashita, a communications equipment specialist with the JSDF Deployment Air Force for Counter-Piracy Enforcement unit (DAPE), tests radio equipment... More

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general,

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general,

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general, and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and Rear Adm. Fumihiko Hirata, Commander, Japan Self Defense Force Hospital, Yokosuka, discuss the importance o... More

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general

Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and Rear Adm. Shigeki Yanagida, surgeo... More

Dancers from the Japan Self-Defense Force Parental

Dancers from the Japan Self-Defense Force Parental

Dancers from the Japan Self-Defense Force Parental Association of Aomori perform a traditional Nebuta dance in honor of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) arriving in Aomori, Japan for a port visit, Aug. 5, 2013. While i... More

Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson speaks with Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of Staff, Japan Self-Defense Force, and other senior Japan self-defense force leaders during the first day of his visit to Japan.

Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson speaks with G...

TOKYO (Aug. 26, 2013) Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson speaks with Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of Staff, Japan Self-Defense Force, and other senior Japan self-defense force leaders durin... 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

Members assigned to the U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka's Emergency Response Team and a member of the Japan Self-Defense Force prepare to transport a simulated patient.

Members assigned to the U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka's Emergency Respo...

HIRATSUKA, Japan (Sep. 21, 2013) Members assigned to the U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka's Emergency Response Team and a member of the Japan Self-Defense Force prepare to transport a simulated patient during the 2... More

Yokosuka, Japan (Mar. 11, 2017) – Hospital Corpsman

Yokosuka, Japan (Mar. 11, 2017) – Hospital Corpsman

Yokosuka, Japan (Mar. 11, 2017) – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kelly Canales of US Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka, participates in a relay race with other USNH Yokosuka staff members against host nation staff me... More

Capt. Carl E. McCrory briefs students from Soka University

Capt. Carl E. McCrory briefs students from Soka University

Capt. Carl E. McCrory briefs students from Soka University of America during an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft static display Jan. 16 at the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 hangar at Marine Corps Air Sta... More

Japan Air Self-Defense Lt. Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama,

Japan Air Self-Defense Lt. Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama,

Japan Air Self-Defense Lt. Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, center right, discusses the capabilities of the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft Jan. 19 with U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Larry G. Brown, center left, and U.S.... More

An egress instructor inspects a soldier with the Japan

An egress instructor inspects a soldier with the Japan

An egress instructor inspects a soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, as he practices bracing for impact while conducting Underwater Egress training during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendle... More

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force listen

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force listen

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force listen to Marines from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 23, 2014. Iron Fist 2014 is an a... More

U.S. Marines and sailors and Japanese soldiers render

U.S. Marines and sailors and Japanese soldiers render

U.S. Marines and sailors and Japanese soldiers render salutes during the American and Japanese national anthems at the opening ceremony of Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 23, 2014. I... 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

U.S. Marines from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

U.S. Marines from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

U.S. Marines from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force run along the beach during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 24, 2014. Iro... More

A U.S. Marine, pre-scout sniper instructor, Division

A U.S. Marine, pre-scout sniper instructor, Division

A U.S. Marine, pre-scout sniper instructor, Division Schools, demonstrates stalking techniques to soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., ... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, demonstrate how to execute an amphibious insertion using a combat rubber reconnaissance craft to soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense ... 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 makes final adjustments to a Zodiac boat before departing on a navigation drill during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., J... More

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force prepare

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force prepare

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force prepare their weapons for sniper training during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2014. Iron Fist 2014 is an amphibious exercise ... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force hike uphill during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 28, 2014. Iron Fist 2... 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 shooting drills while conducting scout sniper training during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2014. Iron Fist is an am... 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 land navigation with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 30, 2014. Iron Fist 2014 i... More

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carry

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carry

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carry a Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft into the ocean to conduct surf passages as part of reconnaissance training with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Gr... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company eat lunch with soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 3, 2014. Iron Fist 201... More

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conduct

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conduct

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conduct surf passages on a Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft as part of reconnaissance training with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific during Ex... More

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit set up radios during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 4, 2014. Iron Fist 201... 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 conducts a radio check with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 5, 2014. Iron Fist 2014 is... 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 descends from a 30-foot tower while performing fast-rope insertion training during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 5, 2014. Iron Fi... More

I Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General, Lt.

I Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General, Lt.

I Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General, Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan, visits soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company during Exercise Iro... More

A U.S. Marine, pre-scout sniper instructor, Division

A U.S. Marine, pre-scout sniper instructor, Division

A U.S. Marine, pre-scout sniper instructor, Division Schools, explains sniper-shooting techniques to soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif... More

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force point

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force point

Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force point out targets while training with U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 7... 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

Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Dingess, boatswain's

Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Dingess, boatswain's

Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Dingess, boatswain's mate, Beach Master Unit 1, guides a Landing Craft Air Cushion onto the beach during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 12, 2014. Iron ... More

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force look

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force look

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force look at targets while training with U.S. Marines from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard San Clemente Island, Calif., F... More

U.S. Marine Maj. Paul Bartok, middle, Marine liaison

U.S. Marine Maj. Paul Bartok, middle, Marine liaison

U.S. Marine Maj. Paul Bartok, middle, Marine liaison to the Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, speaks with officials of the JGSDF during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard San Clemente... More

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marines from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company look at their targets during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard San Clemente Island, Calif., Feb. 14, 20... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force load a combat rubber reconnaissance craft into a CH46-E Sea Knight while conducting rec... More

Officials from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

Officials from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

Officials from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force observe and learn about AAV-7 Assault Amphibious Vehicles during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 16, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphibio... More

An AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle performs an amphibious

An AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle performs an amphibious

An AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle performs an amphibious landing during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 19, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphibious exercise that brings together Marines a... More

Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. service members pose

Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. service members pose

Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. service members pose for photos prior to the 43rd annual USO Service Salute March 8 at the Butler Officers’ Club on Camp Foster. Seven JSDF and U.S. service members were nomina... More

Marine Corps planners and executors of disaster relief

Marine Corps planners and executors of disaster relief

Marine Corps planners and executors of disaster relief operations, as well as Japan Self-Defense Force liaison officers, watch a video during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief lecture May 1 on Camp ... More

Wasaku Tatsumichi, left, helps U.S. Marine Col. Andrew

Wasaku Tatsumichi, left, helps U.S. Marine Col. Andrew

Wasaku Tatsumichi, left, helps U.S. Marine Col. Andrew J. Kostic don a U.S.-Japan Fuji Friendship Association robe May 10 during the Fuji Friendship Festival 2014 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji. The... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Capt. Takehiro Oishi,

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Capt. Takehiro Oishi,

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Capt. Takehiro Oishi, right, discusses responses to a simulated earthquake with U.S. Army Col. David W. Detata, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Donald J. Presto during a moc... 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

U.S. Marine Cpl. Gilberto Morales, left,  demonstrates

U.S. Marine Cpl. Gilberto Morales, left, demonstrates

U.S. Marine Cpl. Gilberto Morales, left, demonstrates how to complete a standard field sobriety test to Japan Air Self-Defense Force Staff Sgt. Akinori Kobayashi, right, during a visit by Japan Self-Defense Fo... More

Maj. Giuseppe Stavale, from Cincinnati, Ohio, greets

Maj. Giuseppe Stavale, from Cincinnati, Ohio, greets

Maj. Giuseppe Stavale, from Cincinnati, Ohio, greets Hiroshi Marui, the director general with South Kanto Defense Bureau, Oct. 25 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadr... More

Emergency responders from Urasoe City transport a simulated

Emergency responders from Urasoe City transport a simulated

Emergency responders from Urasoe City transport a simulated casualty in the air ambulance known as “Doctor Heli” Oct. 28 during Exercise Constant Vigilance 2014 here. The exercise, which included personnel assi... More

Maintainers from the 14th Aircraft Maintenance Unit

Maintainers from the 14th Aircraft Maintenance Unit

Maintainers from the 14th Aircraft Maintenance Unit greet pilots from the 14th Fighter Squadron upon their arrival to Komatsu Air Base, Japan, from Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 7, 2014. Pilots and maintainers f... More

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joshua A.

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joshua A.

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joshua A. Stone, center left, takes a bow as he is introduced alongside U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Marvin Cardo, far left, Philippine Air Force Col. Arturo Orticio... More

A C-2A Greyhound from the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30, Detachment 5, makes an arrested landing on the flight deck

A C-2A Greyhound from the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadro...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 11, 2014) A C-2A Greyhound from the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30, Detachment 5, makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft ca... More

Marines in a drum line perform Nov. 14 at the Nippon

Marines in a drum line perform Nov. 14 at the Nippon

Marines in a drum line perform Nov. 14 at the Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo during the 2014 Japan Self-Defense Force Marching Band Festival. The festival is an annual event celebrating the anniversary of the JS... More

Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Devonta Barnes, from Fort Wayne, Ind., lowers the national ensign aboard the Arleigh

Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Devonta Barnes, from Fort Wayne, Ind.,...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 12, 2014) Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Devonta Barnes, from Fort Wayne, Ind., lowers the national ensign aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97... More

US, JASDF Airmen increase bilateral capabilities at ATR

US, JASDF Airmen increase bilateral capabilities at ATR

Japanese Air Self Defense Force Warrant Officer Tadahiro Hashinoki (center) and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Larman (right) review Aviation Training Relocation flight schedules at Komatsu Air Base, Japan, No... More

The Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), left, is underway in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kongou-class guided-missile destroyer JS Kirishima (DDG 174) during exercise Keen Sword 15.

The Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), left...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 18, 2014) The Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), left, is underway in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kongou-class guided-missile destroyer JS... More

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation during the conclusion of Keen Sword 15, a joint/bilateral field training exercise

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in forma...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 19, 2014) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation during the conclusion of Keen Sword 15, a joint/bilateral field training exercise involving U.S. ... More

Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation at the conclusion of Keen Sword 15,

Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation ...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 19, 2014) Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation at the conclusion of Keen Sword 15, a joint/bilateral field training exercise involving U.S. military ... More

Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation at the conclusion of Keen Sword 15,

Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation ...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 19, 2014) Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation at the conclusion of Keen Sword 15, a joint/bilateral field training exercise involving U.S. military ... More

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation at the conclusion of Keen Sword 15.

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2014) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are underway in formation at the conclusion of Keen Sword 15. Keen Sword is a joint-bilateral training exercise involving the ... More

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) is underway in formation with ships assigned to the George Washington Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) is u...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2014) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) is underway in formation with ships assigned to the George Washington Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Maritime ... More

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), left, transits in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Sazanami (DD 113)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (D...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 19, 2014) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), left, transits in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Sazanami (DD 11... More

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation during the conclusion of Keen Sword 15,

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in forma...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 19, 2014) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation during the conclusion of Keen Sword 15, a joint/bilateral field training exercise involving U.S. ... More

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and other Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation at the conclusion of Keen Sword 15

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and ...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 19, 2014) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and other Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships transit in formation at the conclusion of Keen ... More

 Master Chief Electronics Technician Keith Weathers, acting command master chief of Naval Air Facility Misaw pounds steamed rice with a traditional wooden mallet during the Japan Self-Defense Force annual Mochi Pounding Ceremony at Misawa Air Base.

Master Chief Electronics Technician Keith Weathers, acting command ma...

MISAWA, Japan (Dec. 15, 2014) Master Chief Electronics Technician Keith Weathers, acting command master chief of Naval Air Facility Misawa, left, pounds steamed rice with a traditional wooden mallet during the ... More

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