From the left 1st Lt. Satoshi Masaka, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Plans Division-Northeast Army and members of the Tennessee National Guard's 230th Theater Sustainment Brigade, engineer Maj. Jennifer Steed; military intelligence system...

Lieutenant generals Benjamin R. Mixon, commander U.S. Army Pacific, and Kazushi Izumi, commander Japan Ground Self Defense Force Eastern Army, greet each other, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at USARPC Operations Command Post before getting their morning bri...

Army Sgt. 1st Class Tony Bowling (left), first sergeant for Headquarters Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command out of Fort Shafter, Hawaii, gets a lesson in the art of Calligraphy from Sgt. Maj. Kazuhiko Shimizu of the JGSDF’s 104th General Suppor...

From the left Major Max Moore, chief of future plans for Chuqiak-based U.S. Army Alaska, and Air Force Capt. Melissa Couture enjoy the local cuisine at the camp’s Friendship Hall, Dec. 4, 2008, with Capt. Norihisa Yonada, training officer for the Jap...

Lieutenant Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon, commander U.S. Army Pacific, makes a point during the morning brief he and Lt. Gen. Kazushi Izumi, commander Japan Ground Self Defense Force Eastern Army receive each day at USARPAC Operations Command Post on bilate...

Lt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon, U.S. Army, Pacific commander, and Japan Lt. Gen. Kazushi Izumi, commander Japan Ground Self Defense Force Eastern Army, salute the colors during the playing of their nation's national anthems at the opening ceremony for Ya...