2nd wave of main GSDF force to leave on Iraq mission Saturday

2nd wave of main GSDF force to leave on Iraq mission Saturday

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Some 150 members of the Northern Army's 2nd Division of the Ground Self-Defense Force parade at their garrison in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, during a send-off ceremony. They will head for Kuwait on March 13 from Chitose on a government plane on a mission to help rebuild war-torn Iraq. (Kyodo)

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