2 SAGAMI GENERAL DEPOT, JAPAN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Japan District went through the motions of a simulated disaster April 27 as a way to stay current in continuity of their emergency operations protocol.
According to the disaster scenario, a large earthquake rattles Tokyo damaging Japan Engineer District Headquarters on Camp Zama, Japan. This necessitated the JED team to assemble at an alternate headquarters location at Sagami General Depot, some eight miles up the road.
“Our back-up office building used to be the project office for JED s support to the Aegis Ashore program.” Maj. Caleb Dexter, JED plans officer, explained. ”When that program ended, the structure was ripe for refurbishment and rebranding as the JED Continuity of Operations (COOP) site.”
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2 CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrated 75 years of continued work in Japan with a ceremony outside their Okinawa Area Office located on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 18.
The celebration included a cake cutting, speeches, a live-stream event, and sealing of a time capsule. An engineer’s hard hat, commander’s coin, kokeshi doll with the signatures of Japan Engineer District staff, and a note from current JED Commander, Col. Thomas J. Verell, Jr., were among the many items put inside the capsule. It will remain sealed until the 100th anniversary of the Corps in Japan in 2046.
The celebration included a cake cutting, speeches, a live-stream event, and sealing of a time capsule. An engineer’s hard hat, commander’s coin, kokeshi doll with the signatures of Japan Engineer District staff, and a note from current JED Commander, Col. Thomas J. Verell, Jr., were among the many items put inside the capsule. It will remain sealed until the 100
th anniversary of the Corps in Japan in 2046.
“This occasion marks 75 years of continuous JED and USACE support to the U.S.-Japan alliance and peace and security of the Indo-Pacific Region,” said Verell. “It’s hard to wrap my head around what 75 years means in terms of the blood, sweat and tears that our cross-service and host nation teams have put forth minute by minute, day after day, year after year to bring us to this monumental milestone.”
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