230 GSDF troops leave for E. Timor on peacekeeping mission

230 GSDF troops leave for E. Timor on peacekeeping mission

CHITOSE, Japan - Masayo Mori (L), one of seven female Ground Self-Defense Force troops to be sent to East Timor to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations, is seen off by her husband and pet dog April 10 at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Chitose, Hokkaido. It is the first time Japan has dispatched female Self-Defense Force troops overseas on a peacekeeping mission.

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