Members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force and instructors from U.S. Army Alaska's Northern Warfare Training Center snowshoe up Birch Hill on Fort Wainwright, Alaska during the JGSDF's visit March 3. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Blalack, 1...

1st Lt. Shomei Ugaki of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force and 1st Lt. 1st Lt. Jordan Zaradich, Operations Projects Officer for the Northern Warfare Training Center, give the 'thumbs up' at Black Rapis, Alaska Feb. 27. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mi...

Members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force and instructors from U.S. Army Alaska's Northern Warfare Training Center snowshoe up Birch Hill on Fort Wainwright, Alaska during the JGSDF's visit March 3. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Blalack, 1...

1st Lt. Yujiro Yauchi, 1st Lt. Shomei Ugaki, and 1st Lt. Norimitsu Sakai of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force ride in a Small Unit Support Vehicle at the Northern Warfare Training Center in Black Rapids, Alaska Feb. 27. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. ...

Members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force and instructors from U.S. Army Alaska's Northern Warfare Training Center ski down Birch Hill on Fort Wainwright, Alaska during the JGSDF's visit March 3. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Blalack, 1/25...

Members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force and instructors from U.S. Army Alaska's Northern Warfare Training Center ski down Birch Hill on Fort Wainwright, Alaska during the JGSDF's visit March 3. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Blalack, 1/25...

Staff Sgt. Michael O?'Brien, an instructor at the Northern Warfare Training Center, (left) and members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force pose for a photo on Birch Hill at Fort Wainwright, Alaska March 3. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Blala...