Japan Airborne Brigade conducts training with allied

NARASHINO, JAPAN - JANUARY 12: Major General Dave Womack, Commander United States Army Japan, (L) is seen and Maj. Gen. Junya Wakamatsu, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade commander (R), shakes hands after Japan's Self-Defense Forces 1st Airborne Brigade conducted training on January 12, 2025, at Camp Narashino training area, in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, Japan. As the Airborne Commanders from 10 countries United-States, United-Kingdom , Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Philippines, Singapore and Australia participate. The aim of the military exercise is to improve forces for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, also quickly to deploy in the air and lands by parachute in the most difficult and important situations in the face of national and/or international crisis such as invasion of the country or in the face of large-scale natural disaster. The 1st Japanese Airborne Brigade is the unit of the Ground Self-Defense Force which is first focusing on the recapture of remotes island through emergency of deployments airborne and air assault operation. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu via Getty Images)