1st Airborne Brigade (Japan)
The 1st Airborne Brigade , also known as the Narashino Airborne Brigade (習志野空挺団), is stationed in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Camp Narashino in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture.
1st Airborne Brigade paratroopers in formation in the grounds of Camp Narashino.
Komatsu LAV (Light Armored Vehicle) on display with 1st Airborne Brigade markings.
JGSDF 1st Airborne Brigade Battalion Type flag.
Members of the 1st Airborne Brigade who participated in the Cobra Gold exercise (2012)
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JGSDF , also referred to as the Japanese Army, is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service branches.
JGSDF soldiers from the 22nd Infantry Regiment train with U.S. Army soldiers in a bilateral exercise at Fort Lewis' Leschi Town in October 2008.
Type 10 Main Battle Tank
Type 90 Main Battle Tank
Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle