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CAMP AINOURA, SASEBO, Japan —The Japan Self Defense Force, French Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force, and U.S. military will execute multilateral exercise Jeanne D’Arc 21 here, May 11-16, 2021.
The exercise brings together service members from each nation’s military in a combined effort to enhance interoperability in pursuit of common regional security goals. At the beginning of the exercise, staff members from France, U.S., and Japanese forces will conduct planning during a staff exercise at Camp Ainoura, Naval Base Sasebo, in preparation for the field training exercise.
At the conclusion of this staff exercise, the field training portion of the exercise will begin at Kirishima Maneuver Area, with a combat engineer subject matter expertise exchange, casualty evacuation and combat service support training, simulated fire support coordination training between JSDF and U.S. military personnel, a forward arming and refueling point in support of Japanese and U.S. aircraft, and the culminating multilateral ship to shore amphibious air assault onto the objective area.