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Airmen from the 35th Security Forces Squadron and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member take cover during the Guard and Protect training during exercise Keen Sword 25, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kohei Sugisawa)

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Humvees from the 35th Security Forces Squadron and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force arrive at the scene during the Guard and Protect training during exercise Keen Sword 25, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kohei Sugisawa)

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Airmen from the 35th Security Forces Squadron and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member run to take cover during the Guard and Protect training during exercise Keen Sword 25, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kohei Sugisawa)

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A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force aims his weapon during the Guard and Protect training during exercise Keen Sword 25, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kohei Sugisawa)

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Carl Clemens, 35th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Base Defense Operation Controller (BDOC), and Senior Airman Scott Schultz, 35th SFS BDOC, receive orders from a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member during the Guard and Protect training during exercise Keen Sword 25, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kohei Sugisawa)

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Guard and Protect 2024

Published Nov. 1, 2024
By Kohei Sugisawa
35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 35th Security Forces Squadron and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member take cover during the Guard and Protect training during exercise Keen Sword 25, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kohei Sugisawa)

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