Landing close to midnight, travel-worn Soldiers emerge from a charter aircraft into a blackened night and are immediately blanketed with seasonal humidity. For the nearly 100 Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division from Los Alamitos, California, arriving at Yokota Air Base in Japan on June 7, 2021 is just the beginning of their overseas training. They will join Orient Shield 21-2, a joint exercise with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and several other U.S. Army units performing multi-domain operations.
Units like the 311th Medical Logistics Support Team from the Ohio Army Reserve, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade from Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii and 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry from Fort Benning, Georgia, will contribute key roles to the upcoming annual exercise that rotates between JGSDF divisions and U.S. Army units.
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The Louisiana National Guard s 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th
Infantry Brigade Combat Team s color guard presents the squadron and
national colors during an official change of command ceremony at Erbil Air
Base in Iraq, May 23, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt.
Noshoba Davis)
By Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
ERBIL AIR BASE, Iraq – The Louisiana National Guard’s (LANG) 2nd Squadron,
108th Cavalry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcomed Lt. Col.
Michael Poche as their new commander during an official change of command
ceremony in Iraq, May 23.
Poche assumed command from Lt. Col. Stephen Luebbert, who has served as
Japan ground troops begin joint military drill with US, France
May 11, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This file photo shows Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel conducting an amphibious drill with the U.S. Marines in February 2020 at the Blue Beach training area in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) Japan s ground troops began Tuesday a large-scale joint exercise with the United States and France for the first time on Japanese soil to increase cooperation in the face of China s growing assertiveness. ARC21 will be held through next Monday as Tokyo seeks to deepen defense cooperation beyond its U.S. ally with like-minded countries, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said ahead of the drill.
Japan ground troops begin joint military drill with U.S., France
Japan s ground troops began Tuesday a large-scale joint exercise with the United States and France for the first time on Japanese soil to increase cooperation in the face of China s growing assertiveness. ARC21 will be held through next Monday as Tokyo seeks to deepen defense cooperation beyond its U.S. ally with like-minded countries, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said ahead of the drill.
File photo shows Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel conducting an amphibious drill with the U.S. Marines in February 2020 at the Blue Beach training area in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)