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U.S. Air Force defenders from the 374th Security Forces Squadron find simulated attackers during a combined arms attack as part of the U.S.-Japan Guard and Protect joint field training, incorporated into Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 24, 2023. Guard and Protect is a bilateral agreement, signed in 2003, between the American and Japanese governments, which ensures Japan Air Self-Defense Forces and Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces security augmentation at U.S. installations throughout Japan during heightened defense postures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)