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    KEEN SWORD

    Keen Sword

    Keen Sword    

    Exercise Keen Sword (KS) is a biennial, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-scheduled, and U.S. Pacific Fleet-sponsored field training exercise (FTX). KS is a joint/bilateral FTX involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) personnel in the vicinity of Japan. This exercise is designed to enhance Japan-U.S. combat readiness and interoperability while strengthening bilateral relationships and demonstrating U.S. resolve to support the security interests of allies and partners in the region.

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    USS Ronald Reagan Flight Operations

    USS Ronald Reagan Flight Operations
    11.03.20 | PO3 Gabriel Martinez | CVN76
    201103-N-ZF088-1104 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 3, 2020) An EA-18G Growler, attached to the Shadowhawks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141, takes...

    36 Featured Videos

    MACS-4 Company Supports Keen Sword 23

    MACS-4 Company Supports Keen Sword 23
    11.21.22 | PO2 Shelby Hawkins | AFN-M
    Marines from Marine Air Control Squadron 4 supported Keen Sword 23 on Misawa Air Base to provide tactical air support and air space surveillance....
    Keen Sword 23: MEDEX

    Keen Sword 23: MEDEX
    11.17.22 | Sgt Dalton Payne | 1MAW
    U.S. service members and members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) participate in a medical exercise during exercise Keen Sword 23...
    NHO Keen Sword 23 Mass Casualty (with Music)

    NHO Keen Sword 23 Mass Casualty (with Music)
    11.17.22 | Cpl Ernesto Lagunes | AFN-O
    U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa conducts a mass casualty training exercise as part of Keen Sword 23 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, November 17, 2022....
    NHO Keen Sword 23 Mass Casualty Exercise

    NHO Keen Sword 23 Mass Casualty Exercise
    11.17.22 | Cpl Ernesto Lagunes | AFN-O
    U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa conducts a mass casualty training exercise as part of Keen Sword 23 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, November 17, 2022....
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    804 Featured Images

    Keen Sword 23: Marines conduct a functions check on the Panther II satellite system

    Keen Sword 23: Marines conduct a...
    11.18.22 | Sgt Levi Guerra | 3MD
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Trevor Culpepper, a satellite communications operator with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, conducts a functions check on the...
    Keen Sword 23: Marines conduct a functions check on the Panther II satellite system

    Keen Sword 23: Marines conduct a...
    11.18.22 | Sgt Levi Guerra | 3MD
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Trevor Culpepper, a satellite communications operator with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines conducts a functions check on the...
    Keen Sword 23: Marines conduct a functions check on the Panther II satellite system

    Keen Sword 23: Marines conduct a...
    11.18.22 | Sgt Levi Guerra | 3MD
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Trevor Culpepper, a satellite communications operator with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, conducts a functions check on the...
    Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Service Members Exchange Gifts

    Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense...
    11.18.22 | Cpl Sydni Jessee | 3MLG
    U.S. Marine Corps Col. Douglas Burke, the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, speaks with the Marines...
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    14 Featured Stories

    Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery all-in during Keen Sword 23

    Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery...
    11.18.22 | Grady Fontana | NAVMEDFORPAC
    While elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) deployed to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and participated in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23),...
    Keen Sword: Fusing the US-Japan Alliance on Camp Foster

    Keen Sword: Fusing the US-Japan Alliance...
    11.14.22 | Cpl Thomas Sheng | MCIPAC
    CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marines and airmen joined forces with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise Keen...
    Naval Medical Forces Pacific team participates in Keen Sword 23

    Naval Medical Forces Pacific team...
    11.13.22 | Grady Fontana | NAVMEDFORPAC
    Elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) recently travelled to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and began participation in exercise Keen Sword 23...

    Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S....
    11.10.22 | 1LT Zachary Voss | III-MEF
    Units from the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and U.S. military have begun exercise Keen Sword 23 on November 10, 2022.
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    2 Featured Audio

    Pacific Pulse: November 10
    11.10.20 | MSgt Amanda Sampson and Zoe Stagg | MC-J
    Exercise Keen Sword comes to an end, Seabees deployed with the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 hit a major milestone in the...