Artic Aurora 2018 promotes US, Japanese relations
U.S. Army Spc. Tyrell Wallace, a parachute rigger assigned to the 4th Quartermaster Company, 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, folds his parachute during an airborne proficiency operation on Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 13, 2018, during the Arctic Aurora exercise. This bilateral training exercise, which involves elements of the Spartan Brigade and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, focuses on strengthening ties between the two units by executing combined small-unit airborne proficiency operations and basic small-arms marksmanship.