Yama Sakura is an annual bilateral command post exercise involving the U.S. Military and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Yama Sakura 73 is a U.S. Army Pacific joint, bilateral, command post exercise between U.S. Army I CORPS and JGSDF Northeastern Army.
Yama Sakura 73 kicks off in Sendai, Japan
By MCCS Terrina Driscoll
CAMP SENDAI, Japan (Dec. 5, 2017) — The opening ceremony for Exercise Yama Sakura, or YS 73, was held at the south training area on Camp Sendai, Japan, Dec. 5.