Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 12.02.2015
Children from Holy Family Home dance along service members from U.S. Army Japan, U.S. Army I Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Middle Army at Holy Family Home in Osaka, Japan, Dec. 2, 2015. The two armies organized the holiday visit to bring good tidings and cheer to the children, volunteers and staff members of Holy Family Home. The event included musical performances by......
Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 12.02.2015
(From left to right) Army Sgt. Maj. Samuel W. Metzger, an Aurora, Colo., native serving as the G9 (civil affairs) sergeant major, I Corps, Army Sgt. Maj. Michael I. Bair, senior enlisted adviser for U.S. Army Japan's (USARJ) chaplain section, and Army Sgt. Maj. Robert F. Brillant, a Bangor, Maine, native currently serving as the G6 (information technology) sergeant major, USARJ, shake hands......
Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 12.02.2015
Japanese children hold up their wrapped gifts presented by service members from U.S. Army Japan, U.S. Army I Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Middle Army at Holy Family Home in Osaka, Japan, Dec. 2, 2015. The two armies organized the holiday visit to bring good tidings and cheer to the children, volunteers and staff members of Holy Family Home. The event included musical......
Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 12.02.2015
Children of Holy Family Home sit on the lap of Army Sgt. Maj. Michael I. Bair, senior enlisted adviser for U.S. Army Japan's (USARJ) chaplain section, during a bilateral holiday visit to this historic orphanage in Osaka, Japan, Dec. 2, 2015. Bair and service members from USARJ and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helped the children, volunteers and staff members of Holy Family Home......
Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 12.02.2015
Army Staff Sgt. Philip I. Parker, a Laurel, Md., native serving as a signals intelligence analyst for I Corps, gives a wrapped present filled with snacks and candy to a child from Holy Family Home in Osaka, Japan, Dec. 2, 2015. Parker joined his fellow service members from the U.S. Army and JGSDF Middle Army to bring good tidings and cheer to the children, volunteers and staff members of Holy......
Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 12.02.2015
While dancing with children from Holy Family Children's Home in Osaka, Japan, Army Sgt. Maj. Robert F. Brillant, a Bangor, Maine, native currently serving as the G6 (information technology) sergeant major, U.S. Amy Japan (USARJ), lifts a young girl into the air Dec. 2, 2015. Brillant joined service members from USARJ, U.S. Army I Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force to help the......
Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 12.02.2015
During a relay race conducted Dec. 2, 2015, at Holy Family Home in Osaka, Japan, two young ladies help Army Sgt. Maj. Danny Sanders, an Oceanside, Calif., native serving as the G3 (plans and operations) sergeant major, U.S. Army Japan (USARJ), balance a ball on a handkerchief. The friendly game was one of several interactive activities conducted by U.S. Army Japan and Japan Ground Self-Defense......
Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 12.02.2015
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Warrant Officer Akihiro Kanae (left), command sergeant major, JGSDF Middle Army, and U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Samuel W. Metzger, G9 (civil affairs) sergeant major, I Corps, applaud the children of Holy Family Home in Osaka, Japan, Dec. 2, 2015. Kanae and Metzger joined their fellow service members from the U.S. Army and JGSDF Middle Army to help the children,......
