Army Maj. Gen. James C. Boozer Sr., the commanding general of Army Japan and I Corps, pounds clumps of sticky rice with a wooden mallet, turning it into mochi, a popular type of rice cake, during the rice pounding ceremony hosted by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force headquarters at Camp Zama, Japan, Dec. 18, 2013. ( Army photo by Kiyoshi Tokeshi/Released) Army Maj. Gen. James C. Boozer Sr., the commanding general of Army Japan and I Corps, pounds clumps of sticky rice with a wooden mallet, turning it into mochi, a popular type of rice cake, during 131218-A-OO766-104

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