Lt. Gen. Koichi Isobe, commanding general of the Eastern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Maj. Gen. James Boozer, commanding general of the U.S. Army Japan, receive a briefing at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 5. The briefing was for Operation Rising Thunder, a combined operation between the Army and Japan designed to increase interoperability between the two nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cody Quinn, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)