GSDF troops train in Kuwait before going to Iraq

GSDF troops train in Kuwait before going to Iraq

CAMP VIRGINIA, Kuwait - Japanese ground troops train with goggles and masks at the U.S. Army's Camp Virginia in southern Kuwait Feb. 23 to get used to sandstorms before traveling overland to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on a humanitarian mission.

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