Player Embed Code: <iframe width='500' height='300' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 500px; height: 300px;' allowtransparency='true' src='https://www.dvidshub.net/video/embed/460316'></iframe> Download Embed Share Yesterday's Air Force: Operation Tomodachi Defense Media Activity - Air Force May 11, 2015 | 1:00 On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami struck of the Pacific coast of Japan. The U.S. and Japanese response was known as "Operation Tomodachi." Thousands of American airmen across the Pacific helped in recovery efforts. Tomodachi, by the way, means "friend(s)."