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Col. Osamu Asai (left), commander of 27th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, Northern Army, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Maj. David Nelson (second left), battalion operations officer for 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Capt. Kyle Soler (far right), commander of Blackfoot Company, 1-501 ABN, joined by local leaders, break the ceremonial sake barrel as part of the kickoff ceremony to officially start Exercise North Wind 2015 at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 9, 2015. Nelson, Soler and 50 paratroopers with the Spartan Brigade are in Japan to participate in Exercise North Wind 2015, a two-week bilateral field training and command-post exercise to increase combat readiness and interoperability amongst U.S. Army personnel and the JGSD to respond to a wide-range of crisis contingencies in the Asian-Pacific region. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Eric-James Estrada/Released)
| Date Taken: | 02.08.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 02.10.2015 23:53 |
| Photo ID: | 1762852 |
| VIRIN: | 150208-A-ZD229-331 |
| Resolution: | 3880x2577 |
| Size: | 6.23 MB |
| Location: | HOKKAIDO, JP |
| Web Views: | 137 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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Japan soldiers host opening ceremony to kickoff Exercise North Wind 2015
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