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Yama Sakura 85: Press Conference, B-Roll

U.S. Army Japan

April 12, 2023 | 1:30

Maj. Gen. Scott Winter, Commanding General of the 1st Division of the Australian Army, Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Sueyoshi, Commanding General Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Northern Army, and Maj. Gen. David B. Womack, Commanding General of U.S. Army Japan, talk with Japanese media about why Yama Sakura is an important exercise for all parties involved Dec. 4, 2023, Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific's Operation Pathways, the 43rd iteration of Yama Sakura exercise, YS 85, is the first U.S. Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Army command post exercise based in Japan. Participants from the JGSDF and the Australian Army train together with Soldiers of the U.S. Army I Corps, 7th Infantry Division, 11th Airborne Division, U.S. Army Japan, U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army National Guard in a Joint environment to strengthen multi-domain and cross-domain interoperability and readiness to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Austin Robertson)