Yama Sakura 85: Opening Ceremony, Camp Asaka, B-Roll

ASAKA, SAITAMA, JAPAN

12.04.2023

Video by Pfc. Alexcia Rupert 

U.S. Army Japan

Lt. Gen. Xavier T. Brunson, the commanding general of I Corps, and Lt. Gen. Ryoji Takemoto, the commanding general of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Ground Component Command, address a multinational formation of service members during the opening ceremony of exercise Yama Sakura 85 at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 4, 2023. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific's Operation Pathways, the 43rd iteration of 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. Participants from the JGSDF and the Australian Army train together with Soldiers of the U.S. Army I Corps, 7th Infantry Division, 11th Airborne Division, U.S. Army Japan, U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army National Guard in a Joint environment to strengthen multi-domain and cross-domain interoperability and readiness to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Joshua Maxie & Pfc. Alexcia Rupert)

• Date Taken: 12.04.2023
• Date Posted: 12.05.2023 00:03
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 906368
• VIRIN: 231204-A-JR370-1001
• Filename: DOD_110027719
• Length: 00:04:16
• Location: ASAKA, SAITAMA, JP