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    CATC Fuji hosts Friendship Festival with locals [Image 15 of 30]

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    Three men pose for a photo on what appears to be a military airfield tarmac. The central figure is wearing Japanese Self-Defense Force camouflage uniform, flanked by two men in civilian casual attire. Behind them is an air traffic control tower displaying both the United States flag and the Japanese flag side by side.

    JAPAN

    09.12.2026

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Kreis 

    Marine Corps Installations Pacific

    U.S. Marine Corps Col. Sung Kim, left, and Sgt. Maj. Christopher Grasser, right, the commanding officer and senior enlisted leader of Combined Arms Training Center, pose for a photo with Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Koji Yamasa, a field Artillery specialist assigned to Fuji School during Friendship Festival at CATC Fuji, Sept. 12, 2026. This festival is an annual open-base event for Status of Forces Agreement personnel and local Japanese residents, featuring food vendors, static displays and live entertainment-including performances from III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and Midnight Gravity Rock Band. Kim and Grasser are both natives of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Kreis)

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    Date Taken: 09.12.2026
    Date Posted: 09.12.2026 23:40
    Photo ID: 9930890
    VIRIN: 260912-M-NV658-2261
    Resolution: 4963x3309
    Size: 4.32 MB
    Location: JP
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