Japan, US armies train together during Exercise North Wind 2015 [Image 8 of 13]

YAUSUBETSU TRAINING AREA, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

02.12.2015

Photo by Sgt. Eric-James Estrada 

2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs

Spc. Matthew Bonner (right), an infantryman with U.S. Army Alaska’s 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, explains the use of an elastic bandage wrap as an improvised tourniquet to a Japanese soldier with the 27th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, Northern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during a demonstration of military operations on urban terrain as part of Exercise North Wind 2015 at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 12, 2015. 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 JGSDF to respond to a broad range of crisis contingencies in the Asian-Pacific region. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Eric-James Estrada/Released)

• Date Taken: 02.12.2015
• Date Posted: 02.18.2015 15:35
• Photo ID: 1774099
• VIRIN: 150212-A-ZD229-226
• Resolution: 3880x2577
• Size: 4.08 MB
• Location: YAUSUBETSU TRAINING AREA, HOKKAIDO, JP