Norman Hepner, right, takes Retsu Suematsu, a soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, through his garden during a home visit in Selah, Wash., Sept. 19, 2015. The soldiers took time off of training during Rising Thunder to participate in a home visit with a local family. Rising Thunder is an annual bilateral exercise between the Army’s I Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. ( Army photo by Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios)

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