English: General Eiji Kimizuka, the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff at the ground staff office in Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan and Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison, Sr., a Surry, Va., native, and the commander of the United States Army Japan, I Corpse (Forward), out of Camp Zama, Zama, Kanagawa prefecture, listen to what the forces are doing during Orient Shield 11 exercise at Kita-Fuji, in Yamanakako, Yamanashi, Japan, Oct. 18. Orient Shield is an annual exercise, which began in 2000, has mainly focused on the development and refinement of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Army Japan efforts in the areas of bilateral tactical planning, coordination and interoperability through training.