Maj. Gen. Mitsuhiko Horikiri, vice chief of staff (international), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Readiness Force, visits with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members Cpt. Ikuo Igarashi (left), training officer, Sgt. Yuichi Kato, infantry man and Cpt. Yasuhiro Nakai, operations officer, during Imua Dawn 2016, Sagamihara Depot, Japan, June 18, 2016. Exercises such as Imua Dawn16 are fundamental training opportunities for military forces to refine techniques to rapidly respond to natural disasters and crises in order to help mitigate human suffering and greater property damage.


Maj. Gen. Mitsuhiko Horikiri, vice chief of staff (international), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Readiness Force, visits with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members Cpt. Ikuo Igarashi (left), training officer, Sgt. Yuichi Kato, infantry man and Cpt. Yasuhiro Nakai, operations officer, during Imua Dawn 2016, Sagamihara Depot, Japan, June 18, 2016. Exercises such as Imua Dawn16 are fundamental training opportunities for military forces to refine techniques to rapidly respond to natural disasters and crises in order to help mitigate human suffering and greater property damage. Without forward deployed forces, rapid and fully capable deployments to provide relief and safety following disasters and crises would not be possible.


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