Yama Sakura 85 kicked off at Camp Higashi-Chitose with an opening ceremony, featuring remarks from Maj. Gen. Scott Winter, Commanding General of the 1st Division of the Australian Army, Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Sueyoshi, Commanding General of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Northern Army, and Maj. Gen. David B. Womack, Commanding General of U.S. Army Japan, Dec. 4, 2023. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific’s Operation Pathways, the 43rd iteration of the Yama Sakura exercise, YS 85, is the first U.S. Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Army command post exercise based in Japan. (U.S. Department of Defense video by Staff Sgt. JaNae Jensen)
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