USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

Members of the 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force board a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson C-17 Globemaster III on Kadena’s flight line, March 17. Kadena Airmen worked with the JBER crew to transport the JGSDF team and four trucks full of supplies to aid the earthquake and tsunami victims in mainland Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)

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USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, guides a Japan Ground Self Defense Force member as he backs a truck full of supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Kadena’s flight line, March 17. The C-17 crew loaded four supply trucks and around a dozen JGSDF members into its cargo bay to take to mainland Japan for the disaster relief effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)

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USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

Staff Sgt. Jay Steppat, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron electro environmental craftsman, marshals in a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson C-17 Globemaster III on the Kadena Air Base flight line, March 17. The C-17 crew from JBER loaded Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel and equipment into the aircraft to take to mainland Japan for the disaster relief effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)

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USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, guides a Japan Ground Self Defense Force member as he backs a truck full of supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Kadena’s flight line, March 17. The C-17 carried a team from the 15th Brigade, JGSDF and supplies to aid earthquake and tsunami victims in mainland Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)

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PACAF units mobilize Japan Self Defense Forces, trucks, supplies to mainland

Published March 17, 2011
By Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman
18th Wing Public Affairs

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena Airmen worked with a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska C-17 crew to transport members of the 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force and four of their trucks full of supplies to aid the earthquake and tsunami victims in mainland Japan.

USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan

USAF transports JGSDF members, supplies to mainland Japan