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A new landing helicopter dock has been designed.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The Japanese navy does not have a formal requirement for an LHD, but there’s an obvious gap in the fleet’s structure that an assault ship could fill. Tokyo is building up a force of 17 MV-22 tiltrotors, 52 AAV7s and six LCACs to carry marines into combat. But the landing craft, vehicles and rotorcraft require ships to transport them close to shore.
A Japanese shipbuilder is pitching a new amphibious assault ship that could transport the Japanese military’s new Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade marine force and its MV-22 tiltrotors.
Joint USMC-GSDF training conducted on Blue Beach despite concerns about coronavirus spread
Around 11:05 a.m. on January 28 at the Kin Blue Beach Training Area, U.S. military personnel execute training on the shore
January 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 28, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), stationed in Okinawa, and the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) started joint training at the Kin Blue Beach Training Area against the wishes of the Okinawa prefectural government, which requested restraint for the sake of countering the spread of the novel coronavirus. In addition to approximately 2,500 USMC personnel, approximately 250 personnel from the GSDF Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade participated in the training. Concerned citizens gathered in front of Camp Hansen and demanded that the joint training stop.
January 25, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
A secret 2015 agreement reached between the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and the U.S. Marine Corps has come to light. The deal agrees to station the JGSDF’s remote island defense unit, the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), at U.S. Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago City. The matter was not decided on by the entire Ministry of Defense and is a significant issue that violates civilian control, a major principle underlying democracies in which politics prevail over military affairs.
The JGSDF and the U.S. Marine Corps’ top leaders in Okinawa had come to an agreement, coordinated, and presented a joint JGSDF-facility proposal to the parties concerned.
Jan 28, 2021
OSAKA – A Self-Defense Forces unit dubbed “Japan’s Marine Corps” made headlines this week when details were revealed of an alleged secret 2015 pact with the U.S. over stationing the amphibious troops at Camp Schwab in Okinawa’s Henoko District.
Tokyo strongly denies the report, but that allegation and China’s growing maritime assertiveness have cast a spotlight on the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, the first responders in any future conflict surrounding the nation’s outer islands.
What is the brigade and what is it for?
The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade was established in March 2018, under the Ground Self-Defense Force. It was set up to respond to security situations that require faster mobilization of land, sea, and air forces at a national level than had been traditionally available.