A U.S. Marine (2nd from left), from Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers load boxes of donated blankets and clothing onto a truck at Sendai Airport in Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi on March 29, 2011. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the U.S. military had humanitarian assistance capabilities positioned in the affected region supporting emergency relief efforts at the request of the Japanese government.