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MSDF ship carrying 160 Japanese troops heads for Aceh

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members board the 8,900-ton landing ship Kunisaki at Singapore's Changi naval base on Jan. 22 to head for tsunami-hit Aceh Province on Indonesia's Sumatra Island.

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(2)2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 8,900-ton Oosumi, a landing ship of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), returns to its home port of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 8 after a mission to Kuwait to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

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2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton destroyer Murasame of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF ) returns to its home port in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 8 from Kuwait. The destroyer accompanied the 8,900-ton landing ship Oosumi on a mission to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Oosumi also returned to Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, the same day.

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Japanese ship arrives in Kuwait with supplies for Iraq mission

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Armored vehicles are driven out of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi at a southern Kuwaiti port on March 15 after the 8,900-ton ship arrived there to deliver vehicles and other supplies for Japanese ground troops stationed in Iraq on a humanitarian mission.

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(3)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi is berthed at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. It will pick up light armored vehicles and other equipment before heading to Kuwait.

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(1)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi arrives at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. It will pick up light armored vehicles and other equipment before heading to Kuwait.

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(4)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - People opposed to Japan's dispatch of Self-Defense Force (SDF) personnel to Iraq stage a protest rally at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18 as the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi (in the rear) enters the port. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq.

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(7)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force ship Oosumi leaves Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 to transport supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq.

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(6)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Civic group members demonstrate against the dispatch of the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) ship Oosumi to transport supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14.

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(1)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Relatives of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) members visit Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 to see them off before the 8,900-ton MSDF transport ship Oosumi leaves the port to move supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. The vessel will pick up vehicles and equipment in Hokkaido before heading to Kuwait.

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(5)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Capt. Yasuhiro Mukuo (L) and Capt. Hiroji Sakaue meet the press on the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 before the ship leaves the port to move supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. Mukuo will oversee the transport operation and Sakaue will command the ship.

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GSDF troops leave for E. Timor

MURORAN, Japan - Forty-seven Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) personnel prepare to leave Hokkaido's Muroran port March 15 for East Timor aboard the 8,900-ton amphibious force ship Oosumi in the first dispatch of a main unit to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations there.