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Japan Ground Self Defense Force field artillery troops conduct FH-70 howitzer live-fire training during 2014 Rising Thunder Exercises, at Yakima Training Center, Wash. The annual training partners Japanese military personnel with units from Joint Bas...
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Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Koichi Isobe (right) greets I Corps Commanding General Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza during 2014 Rising Thunder Exercises, Sept. 6, 2014, at Yakima Training Center, Wash. The annual training partners Japanese militar...
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Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment train inside a "shoot house" during 2014 Rising Thunder Exercises, Sept. 6, 2014, at Yakima Training Center, Wash. The annual training partners Japanese military personnel with units from Joint Base L...
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Japan Ground Self Defense Force troops train alongside Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, at an urban assault course, Sept. 6, 2014, at Yakima Training Center, Wash., during 2014 Rising Thunder Exercises. The annual training partners ...
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Japan Ground Self Defense Force troops train inside a live-fire facility during 2014 Rising Thunder Exercises, Sept. 6, 2014, at Yakima Training Center, Wash. The annual training partners Japanese military personnel with units from Joint Base Lewis-M...
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YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. (Sept. 10, 2014) -- Japan Ground Self Defense Force troops trained alongside Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, here, Wednesday through Saturday, during the 2014 Rising Thunder Exercise, which is scheduled to end Sept. 23.
The annual training partners Japanese military personnel with units from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and 7th Infantry Division, I Corps.
With I Corps regionally aligned to the Pacific region, the exercises have become a prime opportunity to develop interoperability between U.S. Soldiers and their Japanese counterparts.
Maj. Gen. James Boozer, the commanding general of U.S. Army Japan and I Corps (Forward), visited Yakima Training Center to observe the training, as did Japanese Lt. Gen. Koichi Isobe, the commander of Eastern Army with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force. I Corps Commanding General Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza and 7th Infantry Division Commanding General Terry Ferrell joined them to observe training, Sept. 6.
A combined live-fire exercise is planned for the coming weeks.
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