(From right) Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of the Joint Staff for the Japan Self Defense Forces and Japan's top uniformed military official, and Mongolian Armed Forces Col. B. Baatar, commanding officer of Tavan Tolgoi (Five Hills) Training Area, take a ride in a Zodiac inflatable boat during Iwasaki's visit to Five Hills Training Area, Aug. 8. The boat was piloted by Lance Cpl. Gregory Patterson, Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion out of Okinawa Japan, and Army Staff Sgt. Colin Oppeguard, a member of the 1-297th Reconnaissance and Surveillance Battalion, Alaska Army National Gua
(From right) Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of the Joint Staff for the Japan Self Defense Forces and Japan's top uniformed military official, and Mongolian Armed Forces Col. B. Baatar, commanding officer of Tavan Tolgoi (Five Hills) Training Area, take a ride in a Zodiac inflatable boat during Iwasaki's visit to Five Hills Training Area, Aug. 8. The boat was piloted by Lance Cpl. Gregory Patterson, Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion out of Okinawa Japan, and Army Staff Sgt. Colin Oppeguard, a member of the 1-297th Reconnaissance and Surveillance Battalion, Alaska Army National Guard. Khaan Quest is a peacekeeping operations-focused, combined training event between Marine Corps Forces Pacific, Army Pacific, and the MAF. MARFORPAC and USARPAC have conducted similar training with MAF since 2003, and this exercise marks the 11th iteration of Khaan Quest. Military personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, India, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Tajikistan, United Kingdom and Vietnam are also participating in the exercise. Japan's top general visits multinational troops during Khaan Quest 2013 130808-M-MG222-006
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