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Bilateral Brilliance - 3D MEB and ARDB wrap up Yama Sakura 81

The USAV Fort McHenry (LCU-2020) docks on the ammunition pier at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 8, 2021. As part of exercise Yama Sakura 81, Marines and Sailors from MCAS Iwakuni conducted logistical support of the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade to test offloading and loading capabilities. Yama Sakura 81 is the largest U.S.-Japan bilateral and joint command post exercise, which enables participants to work as dedicated partners in support of the U.S.-Japan security alliance and for continued peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. This year’s exercise commemorates the 40th anniversary of Yama Sakura.

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Northern Warfare Training Center training Soldiers to become Arctic Experts

Senior leaders from US Army Alaska start putting up their tent, in negative 20 degree weather, for the night as they get ready to sleep at Black Rapids Training Site Nov 17 as a part of their Cold Weather Orientation Course. Black Rapids runs a “Train the Trainer” course and Cold Weather Orientation Course, for senior leaders, to provide units in USARAK with leaders that then go back to their units and train Soldiers in how to survive in the Arctic environment.

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Hawaii National Guard COVID test in historic district of Honolulu

Sgt. Ryan Langas and Spc. Kadie Hoopai, medics with the Hawaii National Guard Joint Task Force, Task Force Medical prepare to receive and register members of the community for COVID-19 testing on August 25, 2021, at the Honolulu Police Department’s Chinatown Substation. A team of medical specialists conducted more than 1,400 COVID tests in the Chinatown historic district in Honolulu.

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Army competing every day in Indo-Pacific, senior leaders say

Gen. James C. McConville, left, the Army's chief of staff, and Gen. Paul LaCamera, right, commander of U.S. Army Pacific, participate in a discussion with the Center for Strategic and International Studies March 30, 2021.

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Army Nurse Receives First COVID-19 Vaccine at Brooke Army Medical Center

Senior Airman Marisol Salgado, medical technician, administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Army Capt. Rebecca Parrish, a COVID-19 intensive care unit nurse at Brooke Army Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Dec. 17, 2020. Parrish was the first BAMC staff member to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Milagros Sola, a microbiologist with Pubic Health Command-Pacific, works with ribonucleic acid, or RNA, while demonstrating the command’s new COVID-19 pooled testing procedures to Brig. Gen. Jack M. Davis, commanding general of Regional Health Command-Pacific, at PHC-P’s new COVID-19 Surveillance Testing Laboratory, Dec. 3, 2020.

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DOD Officials Describe Conditions in Indo-Pacific

In this file, soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division conduct a capability brief of U.S. weapons, communication equipment and vehicles to the Indonesian 431st Para Raider Battalion on the first day of training in Hawaii during the 2020 Indonesia Platoon Exchange on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on November 16, 2020.

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Alaska Guard’s 207th Aviation Regiment

Alaska Army National Guardsman Col. Robert Kurtz recently stepped down as the State Aviation Officer for 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment upon retirement Sept. 30, 2020 at the Bryant Army Airfield. Kurtz flew into the ceremony aboard a UH-72 Lakota helicopter and was welcomed with a water cannon salute, the first time an AKNG Lakota has been used for the aviation tradition. He served the Alaska Army National Guard for five years, and was responsible for transforming the unit during an important transitionary period for Army aviators across the nation. He was awarded the federal and state Legion of Merit medals,, along with the coveted Master Aviator Badge, which requires at least 2,000 flight hours and 15 years of experience.

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25th Infantry Division Conducts the First Joint Artillery Exercise with the Marine Corps on the Island of Oahu

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, load into a Marine Corps V-22 Osprey during a joint artillery training mission at Makua Valley, Hawaii, Aug. 11, 2020. This was the first time Soldiers and Marines trained together in a joint field artillery exercise on Oahu.

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Army Airborne Task Force Descends into Guam

Paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct a Joint Forcible Entry Operation (JFEO) jump into Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 30. The paratroopers are part of the Army’s only Pacific airborne brigade with the ability to rapidly deploy worldwide. They are trained to conduct military operations in austere conditions and stay protected in the COVID environment.

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Changes in Tech, Strategy Drive Missile Defense

South Korean service members fold a flag over a box containing the remains of a service member during a repatriation ceremony hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 23, 2020. The purpose of the ceremony was to transfer the remains and commemorate the service of 147 fallen South Korean soldiers who fought alongside U.S. and United Nations forces during the Korean War. The efforts to return the remains are a part of the DPAA Korean War Identification Project, and includes remains unilaterally turned over by North Korea from 1990 to 1994, and in 2018. The remains were analyzed jointly by the DPAA laboratory and scientists with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI). Working cooperatively, they concluded that the 147 individual remains are of South Korean origin, though the remains haven’t been individually identified. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank)

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Soldier-centered Approach Helping Lead Ground Modernization Efforts

Bruce Jette, center, the Army's acquisition chief, receives a briefing at Army Benet Laboratories in Watervliet Arsenal, N.Y., May 8, 2018. Jette told lawmakers during a hearing March 5, 2020, that the Army requires sufficient, predictable, sustained and timely funding to build on the momentum of its modernization efforts.

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Frag Out! Alaska Air Guard Pararescuemen throw Grenades with Geronimo Soldiers

An Alaska Air National Guard pararescueman assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron hits his mark using an M67 fragmentation grenade, sending a rubber tire flying through the air at the Small Arms Complex on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Apr. 29, 2020. 14 AKANG PJs used the grenade range run U.S. Army paratroopers.

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Army Leaders Detail Efforts Against Coronavirus

Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy; Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James C. McConville; Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle; director of operations and plans at Army Headquarters, Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn; Army National Guard Director Lt. Gen. David R. Hokanson; and Sergeant Major of the Army Michael A. Grinston brief about the Army and COVID-19, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 26, 2020.

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The 39th iteration of Cobra Gold concludes with a combined arms-live fire exercise and closing ceremony

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Green, right, and Lance Cpl. Jonathan Flores, mortarmen with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire an 81mm mortar as part of the Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise during Exercise Cobra Gold 2020 at Ban Dan Lan Hoi, Kingdom of Thailand, March 6, 2020. Cobra Gold enhances military to military engagement efforts to maintain readiness and increase the capability, capacity, and interoperability of partner nations while simultaneously reinforcing our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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USS America, Green Bay Arrive in Thailand for Cobra Gold

From left to right, U.S. Marine Col. Robert Brodie, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding officer, Royal Thai Navy Capt. Arpa Chapanon and U.S. Marine Capt. Luke Frost, amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) commanding officer, pose for a photo during a welcoming ceremony Feb. 22 at Laem Chabang Port, Thailand. A welcoming ceremony was held for 31st MEU and USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group before the start of Exercise Cobra Gold 2020, which is the largest joint multinational military exercise in the Indo-Pacific region and is an integral part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen engagement in the region for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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USS America, Green Bay Arrive in Thailand for Cobra Gold

Royal Thai Navy seamen observe the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during a welcoming ceremony, Feb. 22, 2020, at Laem Chabang, Thailand. A welcoming ceremony was held for 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the America Expeditionary Strike Group before the start of Exercise Cobra Gold 2020 Cobra Gold is the largest joint multinational military exercise in the Indo-Pacific region and is an integral part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen engagement in the region for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Joseph McAlarnen, right, with 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Capt. Atsushi Kawabata, left, with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, brief during a Rehearsal of Concept drill, which simulates various courses of action with U.S. forces and Japanese member during Exercise Yama Sakura 77 on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 7, 2019. Participants included Marines from 3D MEB, Soldiers from U.S. Army I Corps and 40th Infantry Division, and members from the JGSDF Eastern Army and ARDB. Yama Sakura is a JGSDF and U.S. Army-led, bilateral Command Post Exercise that strengthens military operations, readiness, trust, and friendship between U.S. forces and the JGSDF.

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Milley Describes Indo-Pacific Region as U.S. Military's 'Main Effort'

Left to right: Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Gen. Koji Yamazaki, Japan's joint staff chief of staff; and Joseph M. Young, the interim U.S. chargé d'affaires at U.S. Embassy Tokyo, pose for a photo outside the Kantei in Tokyo, Nov. 13, 2019.

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Korean and American SOF Service Members Demonstrate Unity Through Combined Freefall Jump

Republic of Korea Special Warfare Command and Special Operations Command Korea special operations forces service members participate in a combined military freefall jump Oct. 4, 2019, in Gyeryong, South Korea. The jump was part of the opening ceremonies for the Ground Forces Festival, an annual event that attracts upwards of a million people each year. The ROK and U.S. SOF service members also jumped together on Oct. 6.

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