US, Japan Guard and Protect 2023
A U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Byron Robinson, 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, searches for targets during a combined arms attack exercise as part of the U.S.-Japan Guard and Protect joint field training, incorporated into Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 24, 2023. Guard and Protect is a bilateral agreement, signed in 2003, between the American and Japanese governments, which ensures JASDF and JGSDF security augmentation at U.S. installations throughout Japan during heightened defense postures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)