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Cope North 20
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- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christine Ebio assigned to the 18th Medical Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan, directs a Humvee for a patient transport during a Cope North 20 mass casualty exercise on Rota in the CNMI last Feb 20, 2020. Service members from the U.S., Royal Australian Air force, and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) honed their Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief skills by providing emergency medical care for simulated patients. (STAFF SGT. CURT BEACH)
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- U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Todd Dozier, 5th Air Force vice commander; Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore (O-7) Martin Smith, Combat Support Group temporary commander; and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) Lt. Gen. Shinichi Kaneko, Air Support Command commander, and other distinguished visitors witness a historic World War II Japanese fuel drum storage on Tinian last Feb. 19, 2020. Two storage bunkers were cut into a coral hill, enclosed in massive concrete shells and protected with steel plate doors. This structure was ignited sometime in the first days of the American invasion in 1944. The fire was so intense that a nearby battalion of Marines was forced to take a different position. For the first time, three general officers representing the U.S., RAAF and JASDF visited this historic site together. (STAFF SGT. CURT BEACH)
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- Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, center, poses for a photo with visitors from the U.S., Royal Australian Air Force and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) during Cope North 20 on Saipan last Feb. 19, 2020. (STAFF SGT. CURT BEACH)
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- Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, meets with visitors from the U.S., Royal Australian Air Force and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) during Cope North 20 on at Saipan last Feb. 19, 2020. (STAFF SGT. CURT BEACH)
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- Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) Lt. Gen. Shinichi Kaneko, left, Air Support Command commander, speaks with Royal Australian Air Force Group Capt. Mark Larter, Cope North 20 Multi-National Task Force commander, during CN20 humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations at Camp Baker on Tinian last Feb. 19, 2020. (STAFF SGT. CURT BEACH)
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- U.S. Air Force Maj. Ryan Kiggins assigned to the 736th Security Forces Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, directs Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) airmen during Cope North 20 humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations at Camp Baker on Tinian last Feb. 19, 2020. (STAFF SGT. CURT BEACH)
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- Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore Martin Smith, left, Combat Support Group temporary commander, Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) Lt. Gen. Shinichi Kaneko, middle, Air Support Command commander, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Todd Dozier, 5th Air Force vice commander; pose for a photo in front of a Koku Jieitai C-2 during Cope North 20 on Rota in the CNMI last Feb. 19, 2020. This was the first time three general officers from U.S., RAAF and JASDF have ever been to Rota together. (STAFF SGT. CURT BEACH)
