Sgt. Avery Kerr of Cornelius watches as members of the JGSDF practice close quarters combat during Oregon Shield in Japan. Kerr's Oregon National Guard unit, 2nd Bn., 162nd Inf., deployed to Iraq in 2004, and the Oregon Soldiers are teaching the Japanese soldiers what they learned there. (c) http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/PressRelease/2006/10-23-06cPress.shtml