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YATSUSHIRO BAY, Japan (April 20, 2016) - Sailors and Marines load supplies onto an MV-22 Osprey alongside members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) aboard the destroyer helicopter ship JS Hyuga (DDH) 181. At the request of the Japanese government, U.S. Forces Japan is providing airlift support to Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF). A JSDF task force of more than 25,000 personnel is providing humanitarian and disaster relief assistance to the people affected by the magnitude 6.5 and 7.3 earthquakes that struck the Kumamoto area on April 14 and 16.
160420-N-ZZ999-076.JPG Photo By: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Mitchell

Camp Smith, HI - YATSUSHIRO BAY, Japan (April 20, 2016) - Sailors and Marines load supplies onto an MV-22 Osprey alongside members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) aboard the destroyer helicopter ship JS Hyuga (DDH) 181. At the request of the Japanese government, U.S. Forces Japan is providing airlift support to Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF). A JSDF task force of more than 25,000 personnel is providing humanitarian and disaster relief assistance to the people affected by the magnitude 6.5 and 7.3 earthquakes that struck the Kumamoto area on April 14 and 16.


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