Yama Sakura 85 - Bilateral Combined Arms Rehearsal (CAR) [Image 2 of 5]

SAITAMA, JAMAICA

12.04.2023

Photo by Pfc. Elijah Magana 

5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment   

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Travis Pugh, assigned to the 1st Air Support Operations Group, briefs U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Xavier T. Brunson, the commanding general of America’s First Corps, and Lt. Gen. Ryoji Takemoto, the commanding general of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Ground Component Command, during a bilateral combined arms rehearsal in Camp Asaka, Saitama, Japan, Dec. 4, 2023. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific's Operation Pathways, the 43rd iteration of Yama Sakura exercise, YS 85, is the first U.S. Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Army command post exercise based in Japan. Participants from the JGSDF and the Australian Army train together with Soldiers of the U.S. Army I Corps, 7th Infantry Division, 11th Airborne Division, U.S. Army Japan, U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army National Guard in a Joint environment to strengthen multi-domain and cross-domain interoperability and readiness to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Elijah Magaña)

• Date Taken: 12.04.2023
• Date Posted: 12.05.2023 20:33
• Photo ID: 8153192
• VIRIN: 231204-A-VC863-3014
• Resolution: 2173x1449
• Size: 928.63 KB
• Location: SAITAMA, JM