Exercise Yama Sakura 77, an annual command post exercise co-sponsored by U.S.<br />
Army Pacific (USARPAC) and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), will be<br />
conducted at Camp Asaka, Tokyo, Japan, from December 3-16, 2019. This year’s exercise participants include the U.S. Army I Corps, the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division, and the JGSDF’s Western and Eastern Armies.
After months of planning and communication, and a long week of combined effort and 24-hour operations, hundreds of America’s First Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members met in the band square for the Yama Sakura 77 closing ceremony at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 15, 2019.