Japan Ground Self Defense Force official visits Yama Sakura 75

Photo By Sgt. Erica Earl | The Director of Operations of the Joint Staff Office for the Japan Ground Self Defense Force, Lt. Gen. Atsushi Hikita, visits Camp Higashi-Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, Dec 11, 2018, during Yama Sakura 75. Yama Sakura is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Army and the JGSDF that strengthens the alliance between the U.S. and Japan through sharing ideas, tactics, and military expertise. U.S Army photo by Sgt. Erica Earl  

CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

12.10.2018

Story by Sgt. Erica Earl 

I Corps

CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan-- The Director of Operations of the Joint Staff Office for the Japan Ground Self Defense Force, Lt. Gen. Atsushi Hikita, visited the Yama Sakura 75 exercise site at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, Dec. 11, 2018.
Hikita toured the joint facilities where the U.S. Army and Japan Northern Army are working together for the bilateral training exercise.
Yama Sakura brings the U.S. and Japanese forces together in a simulation of the defense of Japan to strengthen the alliance between the two Armies by sharing techniques, tactics and military experience.

• Date Taken: 12.10.2018
• Date Posted: 12.11.2018 01:36
• Story ID: 302933
• Location: CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, HOKKAIDO, JP