GSDF forms 8th contingent for Iraq support mission

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kazunari Izumi, head of the Eighth Division of the Ground Self-Defense Force, hands a name plate to Takaaki Tachibana, commander of the eighth GSDF contingent to be dispatched to Iraq for a reconstruction support mission later this month, during a formation ceremony held in the city of Kumamoto on Oct. 11. The photo was released by the GSDF. (Kyodo)

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