Yama Sakura 75 Cultural Exchange [Image 6 of 18]

CAMP HIGASHI CHITOSE, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

12.06.2018

Photo by Sgt. Erica Earl 

I Corps

Sergeant Major of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Warrant Officer Susumu Takahashi, greets a Soldier with America’s First Corps at the icebreaker event leading to the start of Yama Sakaura 75 at Camp Higashi Chitose, Japan, Dec 6, 2018. In Japan, a warrant officer is equivalent to a command sergeant major. Soldiers from I Corps, the 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command and other units joined the Northern Japan Army in an evening of food, conversation and cultural activities before the kickoff of the joint training exercise Yama Sakura. Yama Sakura, which means mountain cherry blossom, is a bilateral command post exercise with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in which U.S. and Japanese forces exchange ideas, techniques, military experience and exercise capabilities in defense of Japan. The exercise highlights the strength of the close, long-standing relationship the United States has with Japan and the JGSDF.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Erica Earl

• Date Taken: 12.06.2018
• Date Posted: 12.07.2018 22:51
• Photo ID: 4957144
• VIRIN: 181206-A-OQ915-006
• Resolution: 4462x3550
• Size: 6.09 MB
• Location: CAMP HIGASHI CHITOSE, HOKKAIDO, JP