A member of the 21st Dental Squadron provided invaluable support to the Chief of Staff, Japan Air-Self Defense Force during the 2015 Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium on Sept. 10-20.
Lt. Col. Brett Chung served as a translator and cultural awareness expert as he helped liaise with Gen. Saitoh, and the rest of the Japanese delegation.
The goal of the symposium was to further partnerships with the Asia-Pacific air forces by showcasing the use of airpower in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations and presenting a forum to discuss training standardization to improve Air Force interoperability, said Chung, who was born and raised in Japan.
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