The ``1st Airborne Brigade'', the only parachute drop unit in the Self-Defense Forces, has released a training session that assumes the defense of a remote island, and the British and Australian forces also participated for the first time this year.
The Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Airborne Brigade is a unit that conducts operations by parachuting onto remote islands from aircraft flying over the sky, and every January, the state of training is released at a training ground in Chiba Prefecture.
For the past few years, it has been based on the premise of recapturing remote islands that had been invaded by the other party. I was confirming.
This year, in addition to about 70 American soldiers, about 30 British and Australian soldiers will participate for the first time, of which American and British soldiers will parachute from Japanese and American transport planes. etc.
After the drill, Defense Minister Hamada told reporters, "We were able to demonstrate strong cooperation and coordination with our allies and like-minded countries."
In order to maintain a free and open international order based on the National Security Strategy decided last month, the Ministry of Defense will strengthen cooperation with allies and like-minded countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. increase.