U.S. Army Spc. Hannah Lightfield participates as higher command in Yama Sakura 85 at Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan, Dec. 8, 2023. “I am excited to be out of the office and in another country. You don’t get this opportunity often with my job, so it’s good to be able to experience a totally different culture and see other aspects of my job and the bigger picture,” says Lightfield. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific’s Operation Pathways, the 43rd iteration of Yama Sakura exercise, YS 85, is the first U.S. Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Army command post exercise based in Japan.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chevelle Gauntlett)