Guard and Protect 2023
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Jones, 35th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, rests after performing expeditionary training during exercise Guard and Protect at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 14, 2023. Guard and Protect is a bilateral agreement, signed in 2003, between the United States and Japanese governments, which states during heightened threats to installations throughout the country, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members will augment security at U.S installations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Koby Mitchell)