(2)Key GSDF unit departs from Hokkaido garrison on way to Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - Flag-waving well-wishers send off members of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) as they depart from the Higashichitose garrison in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Feb. 21 on their way to southern Iraq to join other Japanese ground troops on a humanitarian mission to help rebuild the war-torn country.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001101440

Registered date
2004/2/21 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2004 Kyodo News

Media size
1864 × 1169 pixel

Resolution
dpi

Deployment size
801.23(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan Kyodo - A drill for transporting injured personnel is carried out using a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rot　or aircraft at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 24, 2023, as part of a joint exercise between the GSDF and the U.S. Marine Corps. (Kyodo)

Japan ASDF plane heads for Djibouti

KOMAKI, Japan, Oct. 14 Kyodo - The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's KC767 refueling and transport airplane leaves the ASDF's Komaki base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2023, flying to Djibouti in East Africa to prepare for possible airlifting of Japanese nationals from Israel, where tensions are rising following Palestinian militant group Hamas's massive attack a week ago. (Kyodo)

GSDF drill for remote islands defense

ISHIGAKI, Japan, Oct. 7 Kyodo - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel conduct a drill at a camp on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023, to prepare for the defense of remote islands. (Kyodo)

GSDF drill for remote islands defense

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel conduct a drill at a camp on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023, to prepare for the defense of remote islands.

GSDF drill for remote islands defense

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel conduct a drill at a camp on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023, to prepare for the defense of remote islands.

Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

A helicopter of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and a patrol boat of the Maritime Self-Defense Force search waters off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 11, 2023, for a GSDF UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 people aboard on April 6.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in southwestern Japan

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor planes take part in a joint drill with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force at an exercise ground in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Feb. 18, 2023. The drill, taking place from Feb. 16 to March 12, is designed to train for the defense of Japan's remote islands.

GSDF, U.S. Army conduct exercise in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - U.S. Army soldiers attend the opening ceremony of a joint exercise with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force in Chitose, Hokkaido Prefecture in northern Japan, on Oct. 27, 2014.

WWII dud bomb found at construction site in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - An unexploded bomb is shown on Aug. 24, 2014, after being defused by a bomb disposal squad of the Ground Self-Defense Force. The 500-pound bomb, believed to have been dropped by the U.S. military during World War II, was discovered at a commercial complex construction site in Kobe, western Japan, in late July.

Annual live-fire GSDF exercise

GOTEMBA, Japan - Photo shows a scene from an annual large-scale live-fire exercise for the Ground Self-Defense Force in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mt. Fuji on Aug. 24, 2014.