Misa Sakurabayashi, far right, speaks with members

Misa Sakurabayashi, far right, speaks with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force May 15 at Camp Schwab during a tour of the installation. The visit included a formal briefing and informal sightseeing, as well as a brief flying lesson in an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft flight simulator on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Sakurabayashi is a defense journalist for Japan defense policy and has written numerous works concerning the Japan Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders/Released)