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Yama Sakura 85: Honor Guard, CG Arrival

7th Infantry Division

Dec. 3, 2023 | 0:29

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michelle Schmidt, 7th Infantry Division Commanding General, and Lt. Gen. Naoki Kajiwara, Japan Ground-Self Defense Forces North Eastern Army (NEA) Commanding General, with the NEA Honor Guard hold a commanding general arrival ceremony prior to the start of Yama Sakura 85 at Camp Sendai, Japan, Dec. 3, 2023. 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.