Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers form a line with tanks after completing their part of a joint and Japanese live-fire exercise during exercise Rising Thunder 2013 at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 17, 2013. Rising Thunder is a Army

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers form a line with tanks after completing their part of a joint and Japanese live-fire exercise during exercise Rising Thunder 2013 at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 17, 2013. Rising Thunder is a Army-hosted exercise designed to build interoperability between I Corps, the 7th Infantry Division and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

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