(Left to Right) Rear Adm. Touri Sasaki, Japan Self Defense Force Deputy Director General for Project Management, Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA); Rear Adm. Katie Sheldon, Vice Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet; Rear Adm. Eric Anduze, Commander CFT-70 and Carrier Group 5; Akihiro Tanoue, from the Yokosuka Defense Office; Capt. Wendel Penetrante, Commander of U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC), and Toshiro Murata, President of the Friendly Society Employee Organization; strike the sake barrel's top with wooden mallets, in a traditional Japanese "Kagami Biraki" ceremony during SRF-JRMC’s 2026 New Year celebration on Jan. 16. For over 75-years, SRF-JRMC has been the linchpin of U.S. naval operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region by providing intermediate-level and depot level repair for the ships of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Seventh Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Aya Stewart)
| Date Taken: | 01.15.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.27.2026 00:01 |
| Photo ID: | 9493953 |
| VIRIN: | 260116-N-FI991-1019 |
| Resolution: | 6048x4024 |
| Size: | 3.77 MB |
| Location: | YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JP |
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SRF-JRMC Celebrates the New Year
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