VIGILANT ISLES ~ 16 Air Assault Train in Japan
Exercise VIGILANT ISLES 24 saw more than 100 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade train in Japan alongside the Japanese Ground Self... Read More
Agreement Allowing UK Forces To Be Deployed To Japan ~ Updated
UK Prime Minister hosts Japanese PM ~ historic defence agreement allowing UK forces to be deployed to Japan to be signed. ~... Read More
FORAGER 21 In Guam ~ American and Japanese Exercise
On Saturday 30th July American and Japanese Paratroopers and Special Forces were dropped onto Andersen Air Force Base on Guam. ~ This... Read More
40 Commando RM On TALISMAN SABRE 2021
Royal Marines from 40 Commando have participated on Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2021 testing interoperability in complex warfighting scenarios. ~ Exercise TALISMAN SABRE... Read More
Bell Boeing Delivers First V-22 Osprey to Japan
Japan has becomes the first international operator with V-22 Osprey capabilities after Bell Boeing delivered the first JGSDF aircraft to Camp Kisarazu.... Read More
JGSDF Wheeled and Tracked Vehicles ~ Pt.2
In second part of his feature on the vehicles of the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force or JGSDF, Gordon Arthur focuses on the... Read More
JGSDF Tracked and Wheeled Vehicles ~ Pt.1
In this two-part feature Gordon Arthur focuses on the wheeled and tracked vehicles used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force or JGSDF.
Thailand ~ Exercise COBRA GOLD 2018
Exercise COBRA GOLD is an annual multilateral manoeuvre held in Thailand – the 37th iteration of the series took place from 13th... Read More
Helicopter Focus ~ Japan Ground Self-Defence Force
The 1st Airborne Brigade of the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) is an elite formation whose speciality is parachute and heliborne operations,... Read More
Paratrooper Focus ~ Japan Ground Self-Defence Force
The blue wintry sky was filled with green canopies as parachutists floated steadily to the ground; overhead, Kawasaki C-1 and Lockheed Martin... Read More
