CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan-- American and Japanese flags hung together from the ceiling as Soldiers from America’s First Corps and the Japan Northern Army celebrated the end of a successful exercise at Yama Sakura 75 at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan, Dec. 16, 2018.
Yama Sakura, which translates to mountain cherry blossom, is an annual, bilateral exercise between the U.S. Army and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force that simulates the defense of Japan.
From Dec. 10-16, the forces, augmented by the Utah National Guard and the U.S. Marines, Navy and Air Force, worked long hours together in the ice and snow to strengthen their alliance and share military expertise, tactics, ideas and culture.
Over the course of the week, about...
12.16.2018 | CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, HOKKAIDO, JP |
Story by Sgt. Erica Earl
