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    Japan's top general visits multinational troops during Khaan Quest 2013 [Image 5 of 5]

    Japan's top general visits multinational troops during Khaan Quest 2013

    FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, MONGOLIA

    08.08.2013

    Photo by Sgt. Ben Eberle 

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

    (From right) Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of the Joint Staff for the Japan Self Defense Forces and Japan's top uniformed military official, and Mongolian Armed Forces Col. B. Baatar, commanding officer of Tavan Tolgoi (Five Hills) Training Area, take a ride in a Zodiac inflatable boat during Iwasaki's visit to Five Hills Training Area, Aug. 8. The boat was piloted by Lance Cpl. Gregory Patterson, Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion out of Okinawa Japan, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Colin Oppeguard, a member of the 1-297th Reconnaissance and Surveillance Battalion, Alaska Army National Guard. Khaan Quest is a peacekeeping operations-focused, combined training event between U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, U.S. Army Pacific, and the MAF. MARFORPAC and USARPAC have conducted similar training with MAF since 2003, and this exercise marks the 11th iteration of Khaan Quest. Military personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, India, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Tajikistan, United Kingdom and Vietnam are also participating in the exercise.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 08.08.2013
    Date Posted: 08.10.2013 02:27
    Photo ID: 992767
    VIRIN: 130808-M-MG222-006
    Resolution: 5616x3744
    Size: 4.96 MB
    Location: FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, MN

    Web Views: 194
    Downloads: 8

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