Members of GSDF leave for Africa

Members of GSDF leave for Africa

NARITA, Japan - An advance party of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force leaves for Africa from Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 11, 2012, to prepare for the arrival of the GSDF's engineering unit to join U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan.

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