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Talisman Sabre 2025 is coming. This year’s exercise will be the biggest yet, with 19 partner nations working together across Australia and for the first time Papua New Guinea will host an activity 🇵🇬 #StrongerTogether 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇫🇯 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇯🇵 🇳🇱 🇳🇿 🇳🇴 🇵🇬 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇸🇬 🇹🇭 🇹🇴 🇬🇧

U.S. Marines and Sailors from MCAS Iwakuni volunteered for a Kintaikyo Bridge clean-up event, April 21, 2025. This event was hosted by the MCAS Iwakuni's Single Marine Program to help clear the area around the bridge of any trash and give back to the local community.

Partnership🇺🇸🇯🇵 begins with understanding! Thank you, Yaeyama Defense Association, for visiting MCAS Futenma to promote communication and transparency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremiah Barksdale)

Lt Gen Kageura, Deputy Commander of ADC, had a meeting with Maj Gen Armagost, Commander of the US #8thAirForce🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸 ADC remains committed to strengthening cooperation and deepening the ties of the #JapanUSAlliance through continued engagement with the USAF. PACAF

U.S.🇺🇸 and JSDF🇯🇵 service members conducted the cleanup on Ishigaki island, one of the southernmost islands in the Okinawa Prefecture, to improve relations between the service members and locals and contribute to beautification efforts in the community. III MEF Marines

FRIDAY'S FACT: #TeacherAppreciationWeek is celebrated during the first full week of May. This year, it's celebrated next week from Monday, May 5 through Friday, May 9. This is an opportunity to say thank you to all teachers for their time and dedication to educate our children.

MCAS Iwakuni held the JMSDF-MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day, May 4, 2025. It was a vibrant, fun-filled day of aerial performances, ground displays, delicious food, and cultural exchange!

U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps, along with U.S. Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2025.

Thank you for your commitment to being a good neighbor in the Okinawa community!

A CV-22 Osprey from the 353rd Special Operations Wing (#353SOW) of the USAF conducts landing training on the USS Comstock, which is sailing in the South China Sea during exercise Balikatan 25 (#BK25). BK25 contributes to strengthening the 🇺🇸-🇵🇭 alliance and regional stability.

FRIDAY'S FACT: This year's #MilitarySpouseApprecitionDay is today, the Friday before Mother's Day. It was created by President Ronald Reagan to recognizes the significant contributions, support, and sacrifices of the spouses of the Armed Forces.

🇺🇸 and 🇯🇵 Representatives in Okinawa met at Camp Foster today to convene the first meeting of the Okinawa Community Partnership Forum, reaffirmed their dedication to fostering a positive and mutually beneficial relationship based on trust and respect. rb.gy/o39e5x

Strength Through Partnership 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵

U.S. Air Force Col. Richard McElhaney, 374th Airlift Wing and Yokota Air Base commander, hosted members of the Government of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and local municipalities to extract samples of treated water on May 14, 2025. Read more➡ rb.gy/l8o31d

FRIDAY'S FACT: Tomorrow is the #YokotaFriendshipFestival. This festival is held annually to deepen the friendship between 🇺🇸 & 🇯🇵 and to strengthen ties between the base & the local community. Yokota Air Base is a U.S. Air Force base that spans five cities and one town in Tokyo.

On May 16th, #VCJJS LTG MATSUNAGA Koji held a meeting with outgoing USFJ Deputy Commander, Maj Gen George B. Rowell Ⅳ, and praised his contributions to the security of Japan and strengthening the Japan-U.S. Alliance.🇯🇵🇺🇸 For more detail, mod.go.jp/js/about/topic…

About 117,000 guests gathered at Yokota Air Base , Japan, as the 374th Airlift Wing opened its gates to the public for the 49th Annual Japanese-American Friendship Festival, May 17–18. #YokotaFF25

GEN Brunson🇺🇸 and GEN Yoshida🇯🇵 shared views on the security environment and agreed to continue effort to further enhance the Japan-U.S.-ROK🇯🇵🇺🇸🇰🇷 trilateral defense cooperation.

"It is a day set aside to remember & honor the men & women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation.. Let us never forget the price of freedom and the debt we owe to those who have paid it." A message from Lt Gen Jost on Memorial Day➡rb.gy/2g6ei2

Gen. Brunson, commander of UN Command, Combined Forces Command, USFK, visits Gen. Nagumo, commander of Japan's Joint Operations Command at the JJOC HQ in Tokyo. The engagement underscores the shared 🇺🇸🇯🇵 commitment to promoting security, freedom, & prosperity across the region.