BGen Ellison awarded by MGen Shingo Nashinoki on Camp Courtney

U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood

BGen Ellison awarded by MGen Shingo Nashinoki on Camp Courtney, Okinawa

by Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood

III Marine Expeditionary Force

June 14, 2022

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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