Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) personnel observe an F/A-18C Hornet, ...
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 15, 2007) Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) personnel observe an F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, launch from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft ca... More
Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) personnel observe flight operations a...
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 15, 2007) Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) personnel observe flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The ship is participating in ANNUALEX 19G,... More
The fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) transits ahead of A...
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 16, 2007) The fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) transits ahead of American and Japan Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) ships at the end of ANNUALEX 19G, the maritime component of the... More
A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force stands
A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force stands guard in order to assist U.S. Marines and Royal Thai Marines in providing security for evacuees boarding CH-46E Sea Knight aircraft during simulated non-co... More
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces play with Vietnamese children...
VINH, Vietnam (Jul. 14, 2012) Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces play with Vietnamese children during a Pacific Partnership 2012 community service project at a medical civic action program. Pacific Partne... More
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle aboard
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle aboard the USS Denver during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locatio... More
Lance Cpl. Jordan A. Finestone posts security on the
Lance Cpl. Jordan A. Finestone posts security on the back of an assault amphibious vehicle during an amphibious landing at Camp Schwab during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 15. Keen Sword allows U.S. and Japanes... More
Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki (right), chief of staff of the
Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki (right), chief of staff of the Joint Staff Council of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, talks with Maj. Gen. James C. Boozer Sr. (left), commander of U.S. Army Japan and I Corps (Forward) Jan.... More
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert and a member of...
TOKYO (May. 26, 2014) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert and a member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force place a wreath at the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Memorial Zone in honor o... More
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert and a member of...
TOKYO (May. 26, 2014) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert and a member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force place a wreath at the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Memorial Zone in honor o... More
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus meets with Shigeru Iwasaki, c...
TOKYO (Jul. 29, 2014) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus meets with Shigeru Iwasaki, chief of staff of the Joint Staff Council of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Mabus is in the region to meet with Sailors... More
Chief Warrant Officer Jameson Peters, a Black Hawk
Chief Warrant Officer Jameson Peters, a Black Hawk pilot with the 66th Theater Aviation Command, exchanges patches with Captain Sato of the Japan Self-Defense Forces on Aug. 26, 2014. Peters, and several other ... More
Officers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces traveled
Officers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces traveled to Washington to view some of the training their soldiers are conducting at the Yakima Training Center. Soldiers from the 66th Theater Aviation Command ... More
An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron...
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 12, 2014) An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) a... More
Operations Specialist 2nd Class Keith Reeves, right, assigned to the A...
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 12, 2014) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Keith Reeves, right, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), monitors a console with Japan Maritime Self-D... More
Leaders attended U.S. and Japan Joint Senior Leader Seminar, to discus...
CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (Jun. 18, 2015) Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff of Japan Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Forces, and Adm. Harry Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, attended U.S. and Ja... More
150711-N-OK605-027 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (July 11,
150711-N-OK605-027 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (July 11, 2015) Senior Chief Naval Aircrewman (Operator) Jack Lovendale, Command Task Force 72's senior enlisted leader, from Weymouth, Mass., participates in a tug-of-... More
Sailors assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa participate in a tug-of-...
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (Jul. 11, 2015) Sailors assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa participate in a tug-of-war tournament involving service members from Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and U.S. commands stat... More
Japanese media interview Capt. Tessa Snow, an MV-22B
Japanese media interview Capt. Tessa Snow, an MV-22B pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, in support o... More
Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones (right), commander, U.S.
Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones (right), commander, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, and Army Maj. Nolan D. Roggenkamp (center), operations officer, USAABJ, discuss how to best coordinate aviation assets with t... More
Navy Aircrewmen assigned to the
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 01, 2016) Navy Aircrewmen assigned to the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 inspect a fuel sample on the flight deck of the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class gu... More
Sailors assigned to the
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 02, 2016) Sailors assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, load an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile onto an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Navy's only f... More
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) participa...
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 03, 2016) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Akizuki-class destroyer (DD-115), middle, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Xavier N. Woods directs an SH-60K Sea Hawk hel...
WATERS EAST OF JAPAN (Nov. 04, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Xavier N. Woods directs an SH-60K Sea Hawk helicopter from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on the flight deck of the forward-deployed A... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-mi...
WATERS EAST OF JAPAN (Nov. 05, 2016) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) heave a line on the aft missile deck during a replenishment-at-sea w... More
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG ...
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 10, 2016) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) transits the Philippine Sea as part of Keen Sword 17. KS17 is a biennial, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of... More
Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPAC...
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii (Apr. 24, 2019) Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), meets with the Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Gen. Koji Yamaza... More
Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACO...
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii (Apr. 24, 2019) Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), and the Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Gen. Koji Yamazaki, ren... More
190723-N-AD347-1010 SASEBO, Japan (July 23, 2019) Lt.
190723-N-AD347-1010 SASEBO, Japan (July 23, 2019) Lt. j.g. Scott Sansing discusses mine countermeasure systems with the 5th Sergeant Candidate Education Unit part of Japan Self-Defense Forces, Western Army Comb... More
Japan State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama and
Japan State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama and head dignitaries with Japan Self-Defense Forces, visited the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment's northern Japan training site at Misawa Air ... More
Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force listen
Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force listen to a briefing about Operation Tomodachi presented by Col. Lee Harvis, 374th Medical Group commander, and U.S. Forces, Japan and 5th Air Force surgeon, at th... More
Royal Thai marines search an evacuee during the simulated
Royal Thai marines search an evacuee during the simulated non-combatant evacuation operations here Feb. 12. The Royal Thai Marine Corps, U.S. Marines, Japan Self Defense Force, Malaysian and Singaporean armed f... More
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle aboard
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle aboard the USS Denver during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locatio... More
Lance Cpl. Jordan A. Finestone posts security on the
Lance Cpl. Jordan A. Finestone posts security on the back of an assault amphibious vehicle during an amphibious landing at Camp Schwab during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 15. Keen Sword allows U.S. and Japanes... More
Workers from the Port of Tacoma assist members of the
Workers from the Port of Tacoma assist members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces to remove their OH-6 Cayuse off of shipping trailers on Aug. 26th, 2014. Members of the JSDF arrived at the Port of Tacoma on Tues... More
Chief Warrant Officer Peter Gallagher, a Black Hawk
Chief Warrant Officer Peter Gallagher, a Black Hawk crew member with the 66th Theater Aviation Command, assists officials from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces to get properly buckled in before take off to ... More
150711-N-OK605-046 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (July 11,
150711-N-OK605-046 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (July 11, 2015) Sailors assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa participate in a tug-of-war tournament involving service members from Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and... More
Japanese media interview Capt. Tessa Snow, an MV-22B
Japanese media interview Capt. Tessa Snow, an MV-22B pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, in support o... More
Senior leaders from approximately 20 military and civilian
Senior leaders from approximately 20 military and civilian rotary wing organizations from Japan and United States pose for a group photo during the second Tachikawa Helicopter Conference conducted July 26, 2016... More
190723-N-AD347-1042 SASEBO, Japan (July 23, 2019) Mineman
190723-N-AD347-1042 SASEBO, Japan (July 23, 2019) Mineman 2nd Class Shaun Lao discusses the winch system for the mine neutralization vehicle with the 5th Sergeant Candidate Education Unit part of the Japan Self... More
Col. Matthew W. Dalton, 38th Air Defense Artillery
Col. Matthew W. Dalton, 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade commander, greets Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gen. Shuji Izutsu. chief of staff, during Keen Sword 21 visit to the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Arti... More
Lt. Col. James Poel, 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
Lt. Col. James Poel, 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron commander, listens to a briefing about Operation Tomodachi presented by Col. Lee Harvis, 374th Medical Group commander, and U.S. Forces, Japan and 5th Air ... More
Evacuees board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during
Evacuees board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during the simulated non-combatant evacuation operations here Feb. 12. The Royal Thai Marine Corps, U.S. Marines, Japan Self Defense Forces, Malaysian and Singapore... More
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locations throughout Japan du... More
Marines guide assault amphibious vehicles at Camp Schwab
Marines guide assault amphibious vehicles at Camp Schwab in the authorized landing area Nov. 15 as part of Exercise Keen Sword 2013. Keen Sword allows U.S. and Japanese forces to improve interoperability requir... More
Retired Japan Self Defense Forces Gen. Ryoichi Oriki,
Retired Japan Self Defense Forces Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, former chief of staff, Joint Staff, JSDF, delivers a speech after he was awarded the Legion of Merit medal at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 30, 2012. "It is ... More
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces fly their
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces fly their AH-1 Cobra from the Port of Tacoma to Gray Army Airfield, located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, to fuel up before being escorted to the Yakima Training Center, ... More
Officials of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces wait
Officials of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces wait for take off while being escorted to the Yakima Training Center, Wash., on Sept. 5, 2014, to observe the training their soldiers have been conducting there... More
150711-OK605-085 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (July 11, 2015)
150711-OK605-085 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (July 11, 2015) Service members from Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and Sailors assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa participate in a tug-of-war tournament at Misawa ... More
Japanese media interview Capt. Tessa Snow, an MV-22B
Japanese media interview Capt. Tessa Snow, an MV-22B pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, in support o... More
Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones, commander, U.S. Army
Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones, commander, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, explains his command’s aviation assets and capabilities during the second Tachikawa Helicopter Conference conducted July 26, 2016, in... More
Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery
Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, prepare for a missile reload evaluation at their forward-operating training site, Misawa Air Base, Japan Nov. 3, to demonstrate Air Defense tacti... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Lee Harvis (right), 374th Medical
U.S. Air Force Col. Lee Harvis (right), 374th Medical Group commander, and U.S. Forces, Japan and 5th Air Force surgeon, receives a plaque from Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Kazuyoshi Yoshimura, Aerome... More
Evacuees board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during
Evacuees board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during the simulated non-combatant evacuation operations here Feb. 12. The Royal Thai Marine Corps, U.S. Marines, Japan Self Defense Forces, Malaysian and Singapore... More
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locations throughout Japan du... More
Marines conduct an amphibious landing at Camp Schwab
Marines conduct an amphibious landing at Camp Schwab in the authorized landing area Nov. 15 as part of Exercise Keen Sword 2013. “The primary goal of the assault amphibious vehicles during this operation was to... More
Helipcopters from the Japan Self-Defense Forces prepare
Helipcopters from the Japan Self-Defense Forces prepare to land at Yakima Training Center, Wash., on Aug. 26, 2014. Members from the JSDF flew their helicopters from the Port of Tacoma to YTC while being escort... More
Col. Hirimatsu, with the Japan Ground Self-Defense
Col. Hirimatsu, with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces, looks out the window of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the accompanying Black Hawk as they travel over the vast mountainous terrain of the Pacific No... More
Soldiers from U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan participate
Soldiers from U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan participate in a tour of the P-20 system, a mobile air traffic control platform operated by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, during the second Tachikawa Heli... More
Japan State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama and
Japan State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama and head dignitaries with Japan Self-Defense Forces, visited the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment's northern Japan training site at Misawa Air ... More
A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit provides
A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit provides security as a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter takes off during the simulated non-combatant evacuation operations here Feb. 12. The Royal Thai Marine Corps,... More
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locations throughout Japan du... More
Helicopters from the Japan Self-Defense Forces arrive
Helicopters from the Japan Self-Defense Forces arrive at Yakima Training Center, Wash. including one OH-6 Cayuse and three AH-1 Cobra helicopters after being escorted from the Port of Tacoma on Aug. 26, 2014. S... More
Officials with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces
Officials with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces arrive at the Yakima Training Center, Wash. after being escorted by soldiers from 66th Theater Aviation Command from Gray Army Airfield located at Joint Base ... More
Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones (right), commander, U.S.
Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones (right), commander, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, discuss best practices with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Hikaru Sano (left), commander of JGSDF’s Eastern Army Aviati... More
Volunteers cheer on runners during the 50 meters sprint
Volunteers cheer on runners during the 50 meters sprint at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 17, 2017. Approximately 1000 volunteers from United States Armed Forces, Japan Self-Defense Forces and local communities t... More
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locations throughout Japan du... More
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, being escorted
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, being escorted by soldiers from 66th Theater Aviation Command, stop at Gray Army Airfield located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to refuel before traveling to the Yakima T... More
Army Staff Sgt. Joel Redman (left), crew chief, U.S.
Army Staff Sgt. Joel Redman (left), crew chief, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, gives a tour of one of his unit’s UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to his Japan Ground Self-Defense Force counterpart during the se... More
Volunteers cheer on runners during the 50 meters sprint
Volunteers cheer on runners during the 50 meters sprint at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 17, 2017. Approximately 1000 volunteers from United States Armed Forces, Japan Self-Defense Forces and local communities t... More
180701-M-ZO893-1281 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July
180701-M-ZO893-1281 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 1, 2018) Australian soldiers with the Royal Australian Regiment and Japanese soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force work together during a beach ins... More
From left to right: Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones, commander,
From left to right: Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones, commander, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, Army Maj. Nolan D. Roggenkamp (center), operations officer, USAABJ, and Army Staff Sgt. Joel Redman, crew chief, ... More
180701-M-ZO893-1287 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July
180701-M-ZO893-1287 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 1, 2018) Japanese soldiers with the Japan Self-Defense Forces form together during a beach insertion rehearsal at Pyramid Rock as part of Rim of the Pacific (R... More
Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones, commander, U.S. Army
Army Lt. Col. Bryan C. Jones, commander, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, explains his command’s aviation assets and capabilities during the second Tachikawa Helicopter Conference conducted July 26, 2016, in... More
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dan J. Blank, standardization
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dan J. Blank, standardization pilot, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, explains his command’s aviation assets and capabilities to his Japan Ground Self-Defense counterpart during ... More
Senior leaders from approximately 20 military and civilian
Senior leaders from approximately 20 military and civilian rotary wing organizations from Japan and United States pose for a group photo during the second Tachikawa Helicopter Conference conducted July 26, 2016... More
Calm Before the Storm. U.S. Marine expeditionary force
Lance Cpl. Jordan A. Finestone posts security on the back of an assault amphibious vehicle during an amphibious landing at Camp Schwab during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 15. Keen Sword allows U.S. and Japanes... More
Are We There Yet?, US Marine Corps Photo
Marines drive an assault amphibious vehicle during Exercise Keen Sword 2013 Nov. 9. U.S. military and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are training alongside each other at locations throughout Japan du... More
Keizo Hayashi 01 (cropped version)
General Keizo Hayashi, Chairman of the JSDF Joint Staff Council.日本語: 林敬三統合幕僚会議議長Deutsch: Japanischen Generalstabschefs Keizo Hayashi
USMC and JSDF crewmen at Eielson Air Force Base June 2010
Cpl. Austin McGee, Marine Attack Squadron 214 avionics technician, helps Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Staff Sgt. Tetsuya Asano with the the insignia for Marine staff sergeant in the Thunderdome hangar of Ei... More