JGSDF, MCIPAC EOD technicians conduct UXO disposal operations

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Maj. Gen. Sato Makoto, left, the 15th Brigade commanding general, Hideyuki Shimabukuro, middle, the Ie Village office mayor and Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) representatives, right, discuss about the unexploded ordnance (UXO) disposal operations on Ie Shima Training Facility (ISTF), Okinawa, Japan, April 6, 2021. Over the past five years, ordnance has been collected on Iejima and stored away. At the request of the Ie Village office mayor, the JGSDF and MCIPAC explosive ordnance disposal technicians conducted combined UXO disposal operations to destroy the collected ordnance. ISTF is the only active demolition range aboard Iejima where the operation can be conducted. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Terry Wong)

JGSDF, MCIPAC EOD technic...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Terry Wong/Released 210406-M-ZM399-1186.JPG

Apr 9, 2021

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Maj. Gen. Sato Makoto, left, the 15th Brigade commanding general, Hideyuki Shimabukuro, middle, the Ie Village office mayor and Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) representatives, right, discuss about the unexploded ordnance (UXO) disposal operations on Ie Shima Training Facility (ISTF), Okinawa, Japan, April 6, 2021. Over the past five years, ordnance has been collected on Iejima and stored away. At the request of the Ie Village office mayor, the JGSDF and MCIPAC explosive ordnance disposal technicians conducted combined UXO disposal operations to destroy the collected ordnance. ISTF is the only active demolition range aboard Iejima where the operation can be conducted. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Terry Wong)

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