A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, 30th Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, Eastern Army practices fast roping out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during Forest Light 17-1 at Camp Soumagahara on March 9, 2017. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise conducted by and Japanese forces in order to strengthen our interoperability and combined capabilities in defense of the alliance.

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