GSDF bases send off troops for Iraq rotation duty

GSDF bases send off troops for Iraq rotation duty

HAKODATE, Japan - A ceremony to see off 25 Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops takes place May 6 at the GSDF base in Hakodate. The troops will rotate into the reconstruction mission in Iraq.

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