North Wind 2015 [Image 2 of 7]

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

02.17.2015

Photo by Sgt. Eric-James Estrada 

2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs

Paratroopers with 3rd Battalion, 1st Airborne Brigade, Central Readiness Force, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto Yamatodai Drop Zone as part of Exercise North Wind 2015, with paratroopers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 17, 2015. Paratroopers with the Spartan Brigade are in Japan to participate in Exercise North Wind 2015, a two-week, bilateral field training and command-post exercise to increase combat readiness and interoperability amongst U.S. Army personnel and the JGSDF to respond to a wide range of crisis contingencies in the Asian-Pacific region. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Eric-James Estrada/Released)

• Date Taken: 02.17.2015
• Date Posted: 02.18.2015 16:50
• Photo ID: 1774306
• VIRIN: 150217-A-ZD229-404
• Resolution: 213x320
• Size: 34.28 KB
• Location: HOKKAIDO, JP