Operation Tomodachi
Disaster relief efforts push Japan public sentiment toward U.S. military to all-time high
Japanese goodwill toward America has hit an all-time high, according to a new poll, mostly likely because of the U.S. military’s earthquake and tsunami relief efforts this spring.
Misawa residents pull clean-up duty at nearby fishing port
Army Sgt. 1st Class Brent Brell has spent two days ankle-deep in sludge, helping Japanese residents of Hachinohe clean up after a 9-foot tsunami hit the city following the March 11 earthquake.
Operation Backpacks delivers supplies, toys to kids in disaster zone
Chock-full of schools supplies, personal hygiene kits, snacks and toys, nearly 900 backpacks from Camp Zama have made it into the hands of homeless children along the tsunami-ravaged coastline by Friday.
Radiation fears outpaced the facts after quake, USFJ commander says
As the specter of potential nuclear contamination spread throughout Japan in the week following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the top U.S. military commander in the country felt as uncertain as many of the Americans under his protection.
Navy scales back earthquake relief efforts in Japan
The U.S. military continued to downsize its participation in humanitarian relief efforts in northern Japan on Thursday, as the USS Essex and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed work on Oshima Island.