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    KEEN SWORD 25

    Keen Sword 25

    Keen Sword 25    

    Keen Sword 25 is a joint/bilateral exercise with multinational participation involving the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) and U.S. military units, along with participants from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The exercise will take place in the vicinity of Japan from 23 October through 1 November 2024. KS25 is designed to enhance Japan-U.S. readiness and interoperability while strengthening the bilateral relationship and demonstrating U.S. resolve to support the security interests of Allies and partners in the region.

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    USS Ronald Reagan Flight Operations

    USS Ronald Reagan Flight Operations
    11.03.20 | PO3 Gabriel Martinez | CVN76
    201103-N-ZF088-1104 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 3, 2020) An EA-18G Growler, attached to the Shadowhawks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141, takes...

    76 Featured Videos

    KS 25 | U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Littoral Regiment Load Pod in HIMARS

    KS 25 | U.S. Marines with 12th Marine...
    10.20.24 | Cpl Shayla Kuhn | 3MD
    U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, load a rocket pod onto a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket...
    MACS-4 Company Supports Keen Sword 23

    MACS-4 Company Supports Keen Sword 23
    11.21.22 | PO2 Shelby Hawkins | AFN-M
    Marines from Marine Air Control Squadron 4 supported Keen Sword 23 on Misawa Air Base to provide tactical air support and air space surveillance....
    Keen Sword 23: MEDEX

    Keen Sword 23: MEDEX
    11.17.22 | Sgt Dalton Payne | 1MAW
    U.S. service members and members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) participate in a medical exercise during exercise Keen Sword 23...
    NHO Keen Sword 23 Mass Casualty (with Music)

    NHO Keen Sword 23 Mass Casualty (with Music)
    11.17.22 | Cpl Ernesto Lagunes | AFN-O
    U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa conducts a mass casualty training exercise as part of Keen Sword 23 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, November 17, 2022....
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    Sea and Anchor Outbound Sasebo

    Sea and Anchor Outbound Sasebo
    10.21.24 | PO2 Alexander Timewell | USS-GB
    SASEBO, JAPAN (October 22, 2024) Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) man the helm during Keen Sword 25....
    Sea and Anchor Outbound Sasebo

    Sea and Anchor Outbound Sasebo
    10.21.24 | PO2 Alexander Timewell | USS-GB
    SASEBO, JAPAN (October 22, 2024) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Allaysia Beckem assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD...
    Sea and Anchor Outbound Sasebo

    Sea and Anchor Outbound Sasebo
    10.21.24 | PO2 Alexander Timewell | USS-GB
    SASEBO, JAPAN (October 22, 2024) Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) discuss harbor movements during...
    Sea and Anchor Outbound Sasebo

    Sea and Anchor Outbound Sasebo
    10.21.24 | PO2 Alexander Timewell | USS-GB
    SASEBO, JAPAN (October 22, 2024) Ensign Benjamin James, right, and Quartermaster 3rd Class Riya Sharma assigned to the amphibious transport dock...
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    32 Featured Stories

    Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. military begin biennial exercise Keen Sword 25

    Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S....
    10.23.24 | Capt. Danny Rangel | USFJ
    Units from the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and U.S. military are conducting exercise Keen Sword 25 from Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, 2024, at various...
    U.S. Marines Participate in Keen Sword 25

    U.S. Marines Participate in Keen Sword 25
    10.22.24 | GySgt Caitlin Brink | III-MEF
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP S. D. BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines and Sailors will participate in exercise Keen Sword...
    Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery all-in during Keen Sword 23

    Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery...
    11.18.22 | Grady Fontana | NAVMEDFORPAC
    While elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) deployed to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and participated in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23),...
    Keen Sword: Fusing the US-Japan Alliance on Camp Foster

    Keen Sword: Fusing the US-Japan Alliance...
    11.14.22 | Cpl Thomas Sheng | MCIPAC
    CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marines and airmen joined forces with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise Keen...
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    5 Featured Audio

    Pacific Pulse: November 10
    11.10.20 | MSgt Amanda Sampson and Zoe Stagg | MC-J
    Exercise Keen Sword comes to an end, Seabees deployed with the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 hit a major milestone in the...

    Pacific Pulse: 18 October, 2018
    10.16.18 | Cpl Maxwell Gargas | MC-J
    On this Pacific Pulse, Exercise Red Flag Alaska continues and Japan prepares for Exercise Keen Sword.

    Air Force Radio News B 16 November 2016
    11.16.16 | SrA Cory Kuttler | DMA-AF
    Today Stories: Airmen and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces practice air drops at Yokota Air Base, Japan during exercise Keen Sword 2017....
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