Staff Sgt. Lani O. Pascual, public affairs noncommissioned officer with the 40th Infantry Division, and Capt. Koichi Nakahira, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Middle Army public affairs officer, find the commonalities in communication methods during an academics session at Camp Itami June 26. Orient Shield is the largest Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bilateral field training exercise being executed in various locations throughout Japan to enhance interoperability and test and refine multi-domain and cross-domain operations.

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Keywords: 40th, bilateral, defense, division, force, ground, infantry, japan, multi-domain, operations, orient, shield, training, usarj