JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier from the Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit demonstrates a spray fire hose from a JGSDF liquid spray vehicle during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. The tour aimed to strengthen the foundation for future training procedures and foster valuable friendships, enhancing the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities of both the Yokota Fire Department and JGSDF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

Lloyd Stinson, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire chief, greets Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Makoto Yoshida, Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit headquarters company commander, during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. Seventeen JGSDF soldiers from the Central NBC Weapon Defense Unit visited the 374th CES fire department to learn about U.S. Air Force fire department operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Pluger, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, greets Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Makoto Yoshida, Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit headquarters company commander, during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. Seventeen JGSDF soldiers from the Central NBC Weapon Defense Unit visited the 374th CES fire department to learn about U.S. Air Force fire department operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

Masanobu Ishikawa, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Japanese fire chief, briefs Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from the Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit on the Yokota Fire Department's facilities during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. The tour aimed to strengthen the foundation for future training procedures and foster valuable friendships, enhancing the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities of both the Yokota Fire Department and JGSDF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sergeant Yusuke Shimada, Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit sub section lead, explains the JGSDF liquid spray vehicle to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Yossua Lugo, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron lead firefighter, during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. The tour aimed to strengthen the foundation for future training procedures and foster valuable friendships, enhancing the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities of both the Yokota Fire Department and JGSDF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier from the Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit demonstrates a spray fire hose from a JGSDF liquid spray vehicle during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. The tour aimed to strengthen the foundation for future training procedures and foster valuable friendships, enhancing the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities of both the Yokota Fire Department and JGSDF.(U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ernest Princeton Atoigue, right, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department assistant chief of operations, demonstrates how to operate an aircraft rescue firefighting vehicle to a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier from the Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. Seventeen JGSDF soldiers from the Central NBC Weapon Defense Unit visited the 374th CES fire department to learn about U.S. Air Force fire department operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ernest Princeton Atoigue, right, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department assistant chief of operations, shows how to operate an aircraft rescue firefighting vehicle to a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier assigned to the Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. Seventeen JGSDF soldiers from the Central NBC Weapon Defense Unit visited the 374th CES fire department to learn about U.S. Air Force fire department operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ernest Princeton Atoigue, left, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department assistant chief of operations, demonstrates how to operate a MSA SCBA breathing apparatus control module to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from the Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. Seventeen JGSDF soldiers from the Central NBC Weapon Defense Unit visited the 374th CES fire department to learn about U.S. Air Force fire department operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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JGSDF tours Yokota’s Fire Department

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit and the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department pose for a group photo during a familiarization tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024. The tour strengthened the foundation for future training procedures and fostered valuable friendships, enhancing the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities of both the Yokota Fire Department and JGSDF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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Seventeen Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers assigned to the Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit visited the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department to familiarize themselves with the U.S. Air Force fire department operations at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.

The tour aimed to strengthen the foundation for future training procedures and foster valuable friendships, enhancing the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities of both the Yokota Fire Department and JGSDF.

During the tour, JGSDF members operated a 374th CES firefighting vehicle and demonstrated a JGSDF liquid spray vehicle to Yokota firefighters.