Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Lieutenant Megumi Okada, a pilot with the 71st Air Rescue Squadron, rests her hand on the dash of a ShinMaywa US-2 during Cope North 22 near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 14, 2022. Cope North enhances relationships with our regional allies and partners by fostering the exchange of information and refining shared tactics, techniques and procedures to better integrate multilateral defense capabilities and enhance interoperability in support of regional security.

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