DTN News - JAPAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force JGSDF Annual Military Exercise At Foot of Mt. Fuji
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Pictures of The Day(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 21, 2012: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force JGSDF annual military exercise at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba, at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka prefecture on August 21, 2012.
The annual drill involves some 2,400 personnel, 80 tanks and armoured vehicles and 30 aircraft and helicopters.
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force JGSDF, is the Armed Force of Japan. The largest of the three services of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, the Ground Self-Defense Force operates under the command of the chief of the ground staff, based in the city of Ichigaya, Tokyo. The present chief of ground staff is General Eiji Kimizuka. The JGSDF numbers around 148,000 soldiers.
The JGSDF was formed from July 1, 1954. For decades its primary concern was internal security in Japan and the opposition of any Soviet invasion of Hokkaido, but with the end of the Cold War, this focus is changing.
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