Operation Tomodachi, the relief effort mounted by U.S. forces to assist Japan in the aftermath of the 3/11 disaster, stands as enduring testimony to close cooperation and what can be achieved ...

Operation Tomodachi used the Japanese word for "friend" to convey the aim of doing all it takes to help a valuable ally. Moments after the disaster, then-US State Department official Kevin Maher ...

Operation Tomodachi is an 80-page full color book, which documents the U.S. military’s efforts to provide relief and recovery assistance in northeastern Japan after the devastating March 11 ...

Some of the service histories of the USS Ronald Reagan include the humanitarian assistance/disaster relief mission during Operation Tomodachi in 2011 after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan.

he took temporary leave from Kyoto University to work with the Ground Self-Defense Force as an interpreter for U.S. service members engaged in Operation Tomodachi, a disaster relief effort off the ...

That disaster prompted the U.S. military to evacuate some nonessential personnel and launch Operation Tomodachi, in which U.S. forces assisted with disaster-relief efforts. The lessons are not ...