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Arctic-focused Army unit joins forces with Japanese troops on Hokkaido
Stars and Stripes
January 29, 2024
Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment — part of the 11th Airborne Division based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska — is training at Camp Higashi Chitose of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
U.S. soldiers from a division that specializes in extreme cold-weather operations are putting their skills to the test alongside Japanese troops on the northern island of Hokkaido this month. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes)