U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matt Ritchie and 1st Lt. Brian Carey, 31st Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, pull out Japan Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Hiroki Kumasaka from a vehicle during extraction training Dec. 3. The extraction training was part of exercise Keen Sword to bring together U.S. Air Force and Japan Self-Defense Force pararescuemen to train and share techniques on vehicle extraction. Keen Sword 2011 includes an estimated 10,500 U.S. participants from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Significant training events during Keen Sword 2011 will include integrated air and missile defense, base security and force protection, search and rescue, close air support, live-fire training, and maritime defense and interdiction.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)