It is comparable to the ones found in the Komatsu LAV.
Some more pictures that give a better view,
If you look at the front facade, you will see that there are actually two latches under the turret, the one larger one below these.
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It is comparable to the ones found in the Komatsu LAV.
Some more pictures that give a better view,
If you look at the front facade, you will see that there are actually two latches under the turret, the one larger one below these.
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US Army and JGSDF exchange chemical decontamination techniques during Orient Shield 14 .
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members from 11th Infantry Regiment, 7th Armor Division, Northern Army exchange techniques used to decontaminate personnel and equipment in the event of chemical exposure
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members from 11th Infantry Regiment, 7th Armor Division, Northern Army exchange techniques used to decontaminate personnel and equipment in the event of chemical exposure
Orient Shield 14 finishes with field training exercise
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CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan (Nov. 6, 2014) -- Hundreds of U.S. Army Soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members headed for the mountains to defend sovereign territory and defeat a fictional enemy during a simulated combat field training exercise here, Nov 3-5.
The 72-hour field exercise puts to the test what Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members from the 11th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, Northern Army, have been rehearsing for the past week and a half.
"The benefit of spending this time together allows us to work in unison as one team. Although we will fight separately, we have one common goal-defend and help secure a peaceful allied country," said Capt. Andrew Julian, an operations officer assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The exercise brings U.S. Soldiers to Japan to honor the alliance and work together with Japan's defense force to regain sovereign territory against an armed invasion.
Each force has a list of objectives they must complete throughout the exercise as they work their way through the mountainous terrain to reach their final objective. Opposing them is a contingent of U.S. Army Soldiers playing the "enemy" who will attempt to disrupt their actions.
"We use different tactics and procedures, but knowing each other's capabilities and how each of us operates in advance helps us support one another," said Julian.
Throughout the field exercise the U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force forces are putting into play a host of skills and techniques they shared and demonstrated over the past ten days.
Infantry Soldiers have been brushing-up on map reading skills for navigating unknown terrain. Together with their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force counterparts they have been reinforcing combat skills including moving under direct fire, engaging targets while moving in a confined area and reacting quickly to unstable targets, as well as sniper marksmanship, explained Capt. Robert Lee, an operations officer with the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment.
Armored mechanized counterparts have been exchanging techniques and demonstrating maneuver capabilities through mortar and tank live-fire exercises.
In preparing for the field training exercise, aviators from the 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, from Wheeler Field, Hawaii, have been working together with their counterparts conducting close combat air attacks, air assault missions, aeromedical evacuations and aircraft refueling.
The enemy is not real, but the challenges U.S. Army Soldiers face are. They are enduring cold, wet and muddy conditions to traverse miles of unfamiliar landscape and using the combat skills and tactics they have been rehearsing.
Although the enemy is make believe, there's a specific operational planning process that is completed long before Soldiers move to the field.
This process involves studying all aspects of the area Soldiers will be training in, to include weather, terrain and vegetation, potential obstacles and the makeup and capabilities of the hypothetical enemy forces they face, Julian explained.
This same process takes place for all military actions whether in training or in actual combat.
According to Julian, both forces expended a great deal of time planning and rehearsing the complex tactical movements and maneuvers they are conducting throughout the exercise.
"This not only allows us to be successful in the exercise, but it also helps us build a partner force with our counterparts," Julian emphasized. "Everything we have been doing over the past two-weeks has built a very strong foundation for this culminating event."
Orient Shield 14 finishes with field training exercise | Article | The United States Army
CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan (Nov. 6, 2014) -- Hundreds of U.S. Army Soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members headed for the mountains to defend sovereign territory and defeat a fictional enemy during a simulated combat field training exercise here, Nov 3-5.
The 72-hour field exercise puts to the test what Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members from the 11th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, Northern Army, have been rehearsing for the past week and a half.
"The benefit of spending this time together allows us to work in unison as one team. Although we will fight separately, we have one common goal-defend and help secure a peaceful allied country," said Capt. Andrew Julian, an operations officer assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The exercise brings U.S. Soldiers to Japan to honor the alliance and work together with Japan's defense force to regain sovereign territory against an armed invasion.
Each force has a list of objectives they must complete throughout the exercise as they work their way through the mountainous terrain to reach their final objective. Opposing them is a contingent of U.S. Army Soldiers playing the "enemy" who will attempt to disrupt their actions.
"We use different tactics and procedures, but knowing each other's capabilities and how each of us operates in advance helps us support one another," said Julian.
Throughout the field exercise the U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force forces are putting into play a host of skills and techniques they shared and demonstrated over the past ten days.
Infantry Soldiers have been brushing-up on map reading skills for navigating unknown terrain. Together with their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force counterparts they have been reinforcing combat skills including moving under direct fire, engaging targets while moving in a confined area and reacting quickly to unstable targets, as well as sniper marksmanship, explained Capt. Robert Lee, an operations officer with the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment.
Armored mechanized counterparts have been exchanging techniques and demonstrating maneuver capabilities through mortar and tank live-fire exercises.
In preparing for the field training exercise, aviators from the 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, from Wheeler Field, Hawaii, have been working together with their counterparts conducting close combat air attacks, air assault missions, aeromedical evacuations and aircraft refueling.
The enemy is not real, but the challenges U.S. Army Soldiers face are. They are enduring cold, wet and muddy conditions to traverse miles of unfamiliar landscape and using the combat skills and tactics they have been rehearsing.
Although the enemy is make believe, there's a specific operational planning process that is completed long before Soldiers move to the field.
This process involves studying all aspects of the area Soldiers will be training in, to include weather, terrain and vegetation, potential obstacles and the makeup and capabilities of the hypothetical enemy forces they face, Julian explained.
This same process takes place for all military actions whether in training or in actual combat.
According to Julian, both forces expended a great deal of time planning and rehearsing the complex tactical movements and maneuvers they are conducting throughout the exercise.
"This not only allows us to be successful in the exercise, but it also helps us build a partner force with our counterparts," Julian emphasized. "Everything we have been doing over the past two-weeks has built a very strong foundation for this culminating event."
Orient Shield 14 finishes with field training exercise | Article | The United States Army
S. Korea to send officers to U.S.-Japan joint military drill
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South Korea plans to dispatch military officers to the ongoing bilateral U.S.-Japan field training exercise to boost cooperation with the allies, Seoul officials said Wednesday.
The Keen Sword exercise is the latest in a series of bilateral field training exercises since 1986 involving the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability between the two sides.
"Two or three lieutenant colonel-level South Korean officers from the defense ministry and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are to participate in the exercise as observers," a ministry official said, requesting anonymity.
"Their participation aims to contribute to boosting the three-way security cooperation," he said, noting that Seoul has sent a handful of troops to the Washington-Tokyo biennial exercise since 2010 at the request of the U.S. troops.
This year's Keen Sword brought about 10,000 U.S. personnel and 30,000 troops from Japan who have carried out diverse programs at military installations throughout mainland Japan, Okinawa and in the waters surrounding the Asian country, according to U.S. Forces Japan.
Though the three nations have vowed to enhance trilateral cooperation, Seoul's participation in the exercise is expected to be a source of controversy at home and abroad.
Relations between the two Asian countries have been soured over historical and territorial rows, and the military cooperation with Japan has been widely opposed by the people here, many of whom still resent Japan for its brutal 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
The drill also came at a time when Japan has been engaged in a bitter dispute with China over an East China Sea island, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Japan has said the exercise will be held east of its major southern island of Kyushu but not in the East China Sea. (Yonhap)
S. Korea to send officers to U.S.-Japan joint military drill
South Korea plans to dispatch military officers to the ongoing bilateral U.S.-Japan field training exercise to boost cooperation with the allies, Seoul officials said Wednesday.
The Keen Sword exercise is the latest in a series of bilateral field training exercises since 1986 involving the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability between the two sides.
"Two or three lieutenant colonel-level South Korean officers from the defense ministry and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are to participate in the exercise as observers," a ministry official said, requesting anonymity.
"Their participation aims to contribute to boosting the three-way security cooperation," he said, noting that Seoul has sent a handful of troops to the Washington-Tokyo biennial exercise since 2010 at the request of the U.S. troops.
This year's Keen Sword brought about 10,000 U.S. personnel and 30,000 troops from Japan who have carried out diverse programs at military installations throughout mainland Japan, Okinawa and in the waters surrounding the Asian country, according to U.S. Forces Japan.
Though the three nations have vowed to enhance trilateral cooperation, Seoul's participation in the exercise is expected to be a source of controversy at home and abroad.
Relations between the two Asian countries have been soured over historical and territorial rows, and the military cooperation with Japan has been widely opposed by the people here, many of whom still resent Japan for its brutal 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
The drill also came at a time when Japan has been engaged in a bitter dispute with China over an East China Sea island, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Japan has said the exercise will be held east of its major southern island of Kyushu but not in the East China Sea. (Yonhap)
S. Korea to send officers to U.S.-Japan joint military drill
Exercise Keen Sword aims to improve US, Japan combat readiness, interoperability
WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN - The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) will be operating alongside their Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) counterparts during a bilateral field training exercise, Keen Sword 15, beginning Nov. 11.
Keen Sword is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises since 1986 involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of U.S. forces and the JSDF.
“Keen Sword is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed field training exercise,” said Rear Adm. John D. Alexander, commander, Battle Force 7th Fleet. “It is joint and bilateral exercise that involves both the U.S. military and JSDF in all four branches of service. [GWCSG] will be the task force commander for the exercise.”
With the main goal of the exercise being the practice of tactics, techniques and procedures between U.S. and Japan forces, GWCSG and JMSDF will participate in scenarios that test the competencies of multiple warfare areas.
“Keen Sword is designed to allow [U.S. and Japan] to practice and coordinate our procedures together and interoperability in all warfare disciplines,” said Alexander. “We’ll be conducting anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, air-to-air and air defense warfare scenarios, and we’ll be doing that as a combined force.”
To further increase the bilateral integration, JMSDF Commander, Escort Force (CCF) 2 will be operating as the sea combatant commander for the exercise, employing tactics and controlling the scheme of maneuver for the strike group’s escort ships.
“CCF 2 will be participating and acting as the escort force commander,” said Alexander. “This is going to require us to coordinate our plans, procedures and make sure we are able to execute the scheme of maneuver and protect our force as well as project power against the simulated opposing forces.”
Planning for the exercise started more than a year ago with U.S. and Japanese experts and planners working together to develop the most effective scenarios
“We have had a number of planners that have attended conferences and meetings on a continuing basis to plan the scenario and timeline for U.S. Navy and JMSDF portion of the exercise,” said Alexander. “The combined planning group has taken the scenario, done mission analysis, and developed a set of concept of operations [COA]. We have chosen one of those COAs and from that, a contingency operations plan is created that we will execute. The plan will have a main focus and there will be branches and sequels where we can make adjustments depending on what the simulated opposing forces do.”
Approximately 11,000 U.S. personnel will participate in Keen Sword, including those assigned to U.S. Forces Japan Headquarters, 5th Air Force, U.S. Naval Forces Japan, U.S. Army Japan and III Marine Expeditionary Force. The forces will conduct training with their JSDF counterparts at military installations throughout mainland Japan, Okinawa and in the waters surrounding Japan.
“This exercise is another opportunity for us to work with our Japanese counterparts,” said Alexander. “We are fortunate that they are capable and have the capacity to operate alongside us. The fact that we are able to conduct operations as allies and partners goes to the heart of the training that we do together. We need to continue to focus on our relationship both at sea and in port.”
As the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed carrier strike group, operating from Yokosuka, Japan, GWCSG is tasked with providing a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/147522...s-interoperability#.VGM2vMma_vc#ixzz3Iqhakl9G
WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN - The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) will be operating alongside their Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) counterparts during a bilateral field training exercise, Keen Sword 15, beginning Nov. 11.
Keen Sword is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises since 1986 involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of U.S. forces and the JSDF.
“Keen Sword is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed field training exercise,” said Rear Adm. John D. Alexander, commander, Battle Force 7th Fleet. “It is joint and bilateral exercise that involves both the U.S. military and JSDF in all four branches of service. [GWCSG] will be the task force commander for the exercise.”
With the main goal of the exercise being the practice of tactics, techniques and procedures between U.S. and Japan forces, GWCSG and JMSDF will participate in scenarios that test the competencies of multiple warfare areas.
“Keen Sword is designed to allow [U.S. and Japan] to practice and coordinate our procedures together and interoperability in all warfare disciplines,” said Alexander. “We’ll be conducting anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, air-to-air and air defense warfare scenarios, and we’ll be doing that as a combined force.”
To further increase the bilateral integration, JMSDF Commander, Escort Force (CCF) 2 will be operating as the sea combatant commander for the exercise, employing tactics and controlling the scheme of maneuver for the strike group’s escort ships.
“CCF 2 will be participating and acting as the escort force commander,” said Alexander. “This is going to require us to coordinate our plans, procedures and make sure we are able to execute the scheme of maneuver and protect our force as well as project power against the simulated opposing forces.”
Planning for the exercise started more than a year ago with U.S. and Japanese experts and planners working together to develop the most effective scenarios
“We have had a number of planners that have attended conferences and meetings on a continuing basis to plan the scenario and timeline for U.S. Navy and JMSDF portion of the exercise,” said Alexander. “The combined planning group has taken the scenario, done mission analysis, and developed a set of concept of operations [COA]. We have chosen one of those COAs and from that, a contingency operations plan is created that we will execute. The plan will have a main focus and there will be branches and sequels where we can make adjustments depending on what the simulated opposing forces do.”
Approximately 11,000 U.S. personnel will participate in Keen Sword, including those assigned to U.S. Forces Japan Headquarters, 5th Air Force, U.S. Naval Forces Japan, U.S. Army Japan and III Marine Expeditionary Force. The forces will conduct training with their JSDF counterparts at military installations throughout mainland Japan, Okinawa and in the waters surrounding Japan.
“This exercise is another opportunity for us to work with our Japanese counterparts,” said Alexander. “We are fortunate that they are capable and have the capacity to operate alongside us. The fact that we are able to conduct operations as allies and partners goes to the heart of the training that we do together. We need to continue to focus on our relationship both at sea and in port.”
As the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed carrier strike group, operating from Yokosuka, Japan, GWCSG is tasked with providing a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/147522...s-interoperability#.VGM2vMma_vc#ixzz3Iqhakl9G
Japan, Australia to talk defense
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, agreed Wednesday that their countries will continue talks on the transfer of Japanese defense equipment and technologies to Australia.
The two countries agreed in July to conclude a treaty on joint defense equipment development as part of efforts to strengthen maritime security cooperation between them.
Australia is hoping to import Japanese submarine technologies, sources familiar with the situation said.
Abe and Abbott also agreed to put a bilateral economic partnership agreement into force early and work together to conclude Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral free trade negotiations.
Japan, Australia to talk defense - The Japan News
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, agreed Wednesday that their countries will continue talks on the transfer of Japanese defense equipment and technologies to Australia.
The two countries agreed in July to conclude a treaty on joint defense equipment development as part of efforts to strengthen maritime security cooperation between them.
Australia is hoping to import Japanese submarine technologies, sources familiar with the situation said.
Abe and Abbott also agreed to put a bilateral economic partnership agreement into force early and work together to conclude Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral free trade negotiations.
Japan, Australia to talk defense - The Japan News
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Do you see the chances of Australia getting the Soryu-class as being high? Reuters is reporting that the Australian government wants to open a tender instead of just choosing the Soyru's, and this would complicate and draw out the process.
Australian government under pressure to hold submarine tender after eyeing Japan deal| Reuters
The Australian Navy likes the Soryu's and wants them, but the government has other plans. Reportedly European governments and sub builders want to be part of the tender.
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There are , indeed, conflicting reports. I believe that the Australian Government should do what it must to satisfy the unions in that country and if that means opening tender to other competitors, then so be it. I do personally hope that results are favorable to us.
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