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Lt. Gen. Makoto Endo, Commanding General of Middle Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), Maj. Gen. James Bartholomees, Commanding General of the 25th Infantry Division (25ID), and Brig. Gen. Shane Gabriel, Deputy Commanding General of 1st (Australia) Division, along with their respective Sergeants Maj. descend the Middle Army Headquarters Stairs to present soldiers from each nation’s forces a challenge coin at Yama Sakura 89’s closing Ceremony, at Camp Itami, Japan, Aug. 31, 2025. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific’s Operation Pathways, the 45th Iteration of Exercise Yama Sakura, YS89, is the third U.S., JGSDF and Australian Army command post exercise based in Japan. Ground Staff Office (GSO), Training, Evaluation, Education, Research and Development Command (TERCOM), Ground Component Command (GCC) and Middle Army from the JGSDF, and 1 (AS) Div train together with Soldiers of the U.S. Army I Corps, 25ID, U.S. Army Japan and the 3rd Marine Division 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 Sgt. Johanna Pullum)
| Date Taken: | 08.30.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.02.2025 00:03 |
| Photo ID: | 9287663 |
| VIRIN: | 250830-A-NT260-1115 |
| Resolution: | 4180x2787 |
| Size: | 2.11 MB |
| Location: | CAMP ITAMI, HYOGO, JP |
| Web Views: | 3 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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