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Japan to send extra personnel to aid SDF pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga (L in back) hands Col. Yuichi Kajiya (C) the flag of a team of about 100 Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in a ceremony at the Defense Agency before the team leaves for Kuwait to help facilitate the withdrawal of about 600 GSDF troops who have been deployed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah for about two-and-a-half years.

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4th GSDF contingent returns home from Iraq after 6-month dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's fourth contingent to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah enjoys his reunion with his family at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 29. About 100 ground troops returned to Tokyo's Haneda airport after their six-month mission in Iraq, where they were engaged in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance.

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4th GSDF contingent returns home from Iraq after 6-month dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's fourth contingent to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah looks at his son as his wife wipes off her tear during their reunion at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 29. About 100 ground troops returned to Tokyo's Haneda airport after their six-month mission in Iraq, where they were engaged in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance.

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(1)100 Japanese ground troops move to temporary camp

SAMAWAH, Iraq - About 100 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members moved to their temporary camp from the Dutch military's Camp Smitty outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 25. They brought food, equipment and other goods with them to the camp, which will receive the main ground troops from Kuwait.

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(2)100 Japanese ground troops move to temporary camp

SAMAWAH, Iraq - About 100 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members moved to their temporary camp from the Dutch military's Camp Smitty outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 25. They brought food, equipment and other goods with them to the camp, which will receive the main ground troops from Kuwait.

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(2)100 GSDF troops leave Asahikawa for Kuwait

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Relatives of about 100 Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops wave national flags as buses carrying them leave the GSDF's Asahikawa base in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 20.

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4th GSDF contingent returns home from Iraq after 6-month dispatc

TOKYO, Japan - A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's fourth contingent to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah looks at his son as his wife wipes off her tear during their reunion at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 29. About 100 ground troops returned to Tokyo's Haneda airport after their six-month mission in Iraq, where they were engaged in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance. (Kyodo)

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4th GSDF contingent returns home from Iraq after 6-month dispatc

TOKYO, Japan - A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's fourth contingent to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah enjoys his reunion with his family at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 29. About 100 ground troops returned to Tokyo's Haneda airport after their six-month mission in Iraq, where they were engaged in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance. (Kyodo)

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Japan to send extra personnel to aid SDF pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga (L in back) hands Col. Yuichi Kajiya (C) the flag of a team of about 100 Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in a ceremony at the Defense Agency before the team leaves for Kuwait to help facilitate the withdrawal of about 600 GSDF troops who have been deployed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah for about two-and-a-half years. (Kyodo)

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(2)100 Japanese ground troops move to temporary camp

SAMAWAH, Iraq - About 100 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members moved to their temporary camp from the Dutch military's Camp Smitty outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 25. They brought food, equipment and other goods with them to the camp, which will receive the main ground troops from Kuwait. (Kyodo)

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(2)100 GSDF troops leave Asahikawa for Kuwait

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Relatives of about 100 Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops wave national flags as buses carrying them leave the GSDF's Asahikawa base in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 20. (Kyodo)

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(1)100 Japanese ground troops move to temporary camp

SAMAWAH, Iraq - About 100 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members moved to their temporary camp from the Dutch military's Camp Smitty outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 25. They brought food, equipment and other goods with them to the camp, which will receive the main ground troops from Kuwait. (Kyodo)