Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.03.2022
OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Forces, including III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Japan Self Defense Forces participated in Keen Edge 22, a bilateral command post exercise, from Jan. 27 through Feb. 3, 2022....
Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.31.2020
KIRISHIMA TRAINING AREA, Japan – The bilateral U.S.-Japan training Exercise Forest Light Western Army has concluded with a closing ceremony here, Jan. 30....
Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.17.2020
KUMAMOTO, Japan – More than 145 Okinawa-based U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit will join around 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members, for bilateral training exercise Forest Light Western Army Jan. 18 – 31, 2020, in Kyushu, Japan....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Japan | 12.09.2019
U.S. Army I Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) service members kick off Yama Sakura 77 with an opening ceremony held in Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 9, 2019....
Story by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards | 3rd Marine Logistics Group | 12.12.2017
CAMP NAHA, Okinawa, Japan – U.S. military personnel with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group; U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa; and 18th Medical Group, 18th Wing Support Squadron, attended a presentation and tour given by Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers with Medical Department, Ground Staff Office, Western Army, Dec. 12, 2017, at Camp Naha, Okinawa, Japan....
Story by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | U.S. Army Japan | 01.16.2016
When the Army Reserve Engagement Team-Japan’s (ARET-J) director and senior enlisted adviser first set foot in Kumamoto prefecture on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, they expected a cordial meet and greet session conducted primarily inside an conference room with their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Reserve Component counterparts. Reality surpassed these usual expectations with......
Story by Lance Cpl. Daniel Jean-Paul | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 07.23.2015
Marines with Marine Corps Installations Pacific and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, worked alongside the Japan Self Defense Force and Okinawa emergency services in the Churashima Rescue Exercise July 23, aboard Camp Naha, Okinawa Japan....
Story by Cpl. Drew Tech | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.22.2014
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Marines closed out Forest Light 15-1 with a ceremony Dec. 12 at Camp Kita Kumamoto in Kumamoto, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan....
