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Yama Sakura 85: Opening Ceremony, B-Roll

U.S. Army Japan

April 12, 2023 | 0:06

Maj. Gen. Scott Winter, Commanding General of the 1st Division of the Australian Army, Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Sueyoshi, Commanding General of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Northern Army, and Maj. Gen. David B. Womack, Commanding General of U.S. Army Japan, speak at the Yama Sakura opening ceremony at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan, Dec. 4, 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. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Austin Robertson)