Kawano's service awards cover the range of duties available during a career with limited combat operations. The thirty-second and thirty-third Defense Memorial Cordons mark twenty-five and ten years of service. The thirty-sixth recognizes participation in the response to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the thirty-seventh concerns international cooperation. His other awards include Indian Ocean operations and authorized service at national events. The forty-first records overseas training and simulation missions with foreign armed services. Together these distinctions show how disaster response, international deployments, and exercises contributed to an active service record.
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Disaster response and overseas training in Kawano's service record
Long-service awards, Tohoku disaster relief, Indian Ocean operations, and overseas exercises show the duties behind Kawano's decorations.