2023 Operation North Pacific Guard
Members from the U.S. Coast Guard, Fisheries Agency of Japan, and Korea Coast Guard pose for a photo in front of a USCG HC-130J Super Hercules (Tail Number CG-2005) at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 22, 2023. The services partnered up for Operation North Pacific Guard, an annual high seas international law enforcement operation designed to detect and deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activities on the high seas of the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe).