OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 2, 2021) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force service members with JMSDF’s medical team tends to a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service member casualty Remote Island Disaster Exercise 2021, aboard the Ōsumi-class tank landing ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003), Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 2, 2021. RIDEX is a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief exercise between U.S. and Japan Forces that enhances the bilateral capabilities for casualty rescue operations and expeditionary medical assistance in the event of sudden disasters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Madison Santamaria)