Recently, the public/ media emphasize the incidents in middle east… Not so many people are aware the US military’s activity in the other side of the earth, but thanks to the internet, many informations are available borderless anytime. Tomodachi(friend) operation is to aid those victims of 2011 Tohoku earthquake. US armed force work with JSDF to help the victims rebuilding their homeland. They even arrived some places before Japanese government reached there. Besides defense, the function of military can be rescue, because military have more people and better technology. Moreover, soldiers have to obey the commands, which means military would take the risk of radioactive if it’s necessary…