1. JGSDF UH-1 helicopters swoop in during
exercise ORIENT SHIELD 99.
 2.
More than 500 Japanese soldiers of the 5th Regiment, JGSDF at
opening ceremonies for ORIENT SHIELD 99.
3. A U.S. soldier of the 25th Infantry Division
(Light) (25 ID(L)) and a Japanese soldier of the 5th Regiment
examine a Stinger missile.
4. A U.S. soldier briefs Gen. Yuji Fujinawa,
JGSDF Chief of Staff, concerning U.S. equipment.
5. U.S. soldiers conduct a combat insertion
from a JGSDF Chinook helicopter at Iwatesan Training Area in
Japan.
6. JGSDF "Red Team" soldiers attack
"Blue Team" defenders during ORIENT SHIELD 99.
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7. Japanese machine gunners fire at the Camp
Iwatesan range during range training.
8. Lt. Gen. Teruhisa Koyanagi, Commanding
General of the 9th Division, JGSDF, welcomes Lt. Gen. John Hall
to the Iwatesan Training Area. Lt. Gen. Toshimasa Fujiwara, Commanding
General of the Northeastern Army, and Lt. Gen. Takao Sakamaki,
Director General of the Joint Staff Council, look on.
9. Col. Dale E. Roth, Chief of Staff of U.S.
Army, Japan, shakes hands with Col. Junichiro Ikeda, Chief of
Staff of the 9th Division, JGSDF, at the opening of ORIENT SHIELD
99.
10. U.S. soldiers conduct squad rushes during
live-fire exercises at Camp Iwatesan.
11. ORIENT SHIELD built friendships as well
as skills. Japanese and American soldiers display the Hawaiian
"shaka" (OK sign) at a party hosted by the JGSDF.
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