U.S. and Japan Army medical staff unite at Yama Sakura 75

Photo By Sgt. Erica Earl | Col. Mikio Takeshima, M.D., Northern Army Headquarters surgeon, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (left) and Col Robert Forsten, D.O., America’s First Corps surgeon, shake hands after signing a medical support agreement with Col Dr. Robert Forsten, America’s First Corps surgeon, during Yama Sakura 75 at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, Dec. 10 2018. This agreement allows mutual medical support between the forces as needed, including patient evacuation, casualty treatment and patient logistics, during the course of the exercise. Yama Sakura is a bilateral exercise that combines the capabilities of the U.S. Army and the JGSDF and solidifies the working relationship between the forces. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Erica Earl  

CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

12.12.2018

Story by Sgt. Erica Earl 

I Corps

CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan-- America's First Corps Surgeon, Col. Robert Forsten, D.O., and Northern Army Headquarters Surgeon, Col. Mikio Takeshima, M.D., signed a medical support agreement during Yama Sakura 75 at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, Dec. 10, 2018, to highlight the importance of the two Armies working together in the bilateral exercise.

The agreement allows mutual medical support between the forces as needed, including patient evacuation, casualty treatment and patient logistics, during the course of the exercise.

During Yama Sakura, Soldiers from I Corps are partnering with the Japan Northern Army to increase the readiness and capability of both forces to work together in all fields of the military, including medical.

The exercise simulates the U.S. Army deploying to aid in the defense of Japan.

• Date Taken: 12.12.2018
• Date Posted: 12.13.2018 02:40
• Story ID: 303312
• Location: CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, HOKKAIDO, JP