Maj. Gen. Shingo Nashinoki, Commanding General, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), and U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Kyle Ellison, Deputy Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force, display Ellison’s Japanese Defense Cooperation Award on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, June 8, 2022. The Defense Cooperation Award is the highest award a non-Japanese service member can receive from the JGSDF.

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