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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division, United States Army Aviation Battalion Japan and Japan Ground Self Defense Force, Conduct Joint Medical Evacuation Training
CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, U.S. Army Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division, United States Army Aviation Battalion Japan and Japan Ground Self Defense Force, execute training on medical evacuations onto a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and a Japanese UH-1 in a simulated environment, September 18, 2026, as
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CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, U.S. Army Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division, United States Army Aviation Battalion Japan and Japan Ground Self Defense Force, execute training on medical evacuations onto a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and a Japanese UH-1 in a simulated environment, September 18, 2026, as part of, Orient Shield 26.
Orient Shield, 17-24 September 2026, is designed to enhance trilateral multi-domain and JGSDF cross-domain interoperability and readiness during a trilateral FTX.
The exercise tests the reception, staging, onward-movement (RSOI), and integration of U.S. forces deploying to Japan, while demonstrating the U.S. resolve to support the security interests of allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Attribution: Source: DVIDS Hub — U.S. Department of Defense public-affairs media
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