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Operation Unified Assistance (OUA):
Turning Military Cooperation into Humanitarian Aid

 

OUA: Indonesia

 

OUA: Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand

 

Japan Helps Tsunami Victims

 

Asia-Pacific Nations Enhancing Military Support to Humanitarian Operations

 

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  The JGSDF 7th Division Commander, Lt. Gen. Shoda Yutaka (right facing), is briefed on disaster relief activities in the JCC room in Banda Aceh Airport. Left to right at the top are Col. Takada Koji, Chief of the JCC, and Col. Muramoto Takashi, JGSDF Commander of Disaster Relief Indonesia.
Photo courtesy of the JCC		   Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) SH-60J, JGSDF CH-47JA, and JGSDF UH-60JA helicopters fly in formation off the coast of Banda Aceh with JMSDF dock landing ship Kunisaki.
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A JGSDF UH-60JA approaches the JMSDF dock landing ship Kun isaki off Banda Aceh.
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  JGSDF Lt. Col. (now Col.) Inaba Tadashi (left, in uniform), Commander of the JGSDF Air Support Unit, talks with Indonesian children in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Photo courtesy of the JGSDF		   JMSDF Cmdr. Ozama Yoshitaka thanks an Indonesian officer for restoring an old Japan Navy stone monument that had collapsed.
Photo courtesy of the JCC		   JGSDF Lt. Col. (now Col.) Inaba Tadashi (right), Commander of the JGSDF Air Support Unit, presents his unit’s plaque to Indonesian Col. Sunarbowu (left) during the farewell ceremony for completing the air support mission.
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  JGSDF Air Support Unit members pose for a group picture during the farewell ceremony for completing the air support mission of disaster relief.
Photo courtesy of the JCC		   Indonesian military personnel and their families gather for a photo with participating countries’ liaison officers during a farewell party in Banda Aceh. JMSDF Capt. (now Rear Adm.) Takeguchi Kenji is front center.
Photo courtesy of the JCC		   The last six JCC members to depart Indonesia pose with Indonesian citizen Mr. Zulfikar Bang Zoel (center) in front of Mr. Zulfikar’s home in Banda Aceh. (L to R) JMSDF Cmdr. Takemura Toshiya, JMSDF Capt. Sugiyama Yoshikazu, JGSDF Lt. Col. Akimura Yoshikazu, Mr. Zulfikar, JMSDF Capt. (now Rear Adm.) Takeguchi Kenji, JGSDF SSgt. Morita Ryuji, and JMSDF Lt. Cmdr. Kitamura Masahiko.
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