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Spc. Antonio French, an air defense battle management system operator, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, I Corps, checks on the status of the units during Yama Sakura.

(Spc. Samarion Hicks)

Spc. Antonio French, an air defense battle management system operator, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, I Corps, checks on the status of the units during Yama Sakura 87 at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 12, 2024. As a part of Operation Pathways, Yama Sakura 87 is the largest and most complex forward U.S.-Japan-Australia command post exercise.

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