GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

GSDF mission leaves for Golan Heights

NARITA, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) leave Narita airport Jan. 28 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Twenty-three GSDF members departed on the day and others will depart later to make up a 43-strong GSDF contingent assigned to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) until the end of August.

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