35th SFS Participate in Guard and Protect Training During Keen Sword 25

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)
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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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)
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)
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)
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)