International Training Initiates at Camp Itami (DVIDS)

OSAKA, JAPAN –U.S. Army Japan and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force prepare for the 2012 Yama Sakura 61 exercise at Camp Itami in Osaka, Japan, Jan. 23 – Feb. 6.Yama Sakura is designed to strengthen military operations between the two forces at the operational level and aid in the defense of Japan. “Partnership must be made from friendship,” said Sgt. 1st Class Takatoshi Izumi, an Infantry member of the JSDF, assigned as an interpreter for YS61. “Being able to communicate makes it

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