Photo Special: Families see off GSDF members on mission to South Sudan

Engineering corps members of the Self-Defense Forces are seen off by their families, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

Engineering corps members of the Self-Defense Forces enter Aomori Airport while being seen off by their families, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

Engineering corps members of the Self-Defense Forces enter Aomori Airport while being seen off by their families, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

Engineering corps members of the Self-Defense Forces head toward their plane while being seen off by their families, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

An engineering corps member of the Self-Defense Forces, right, says goodbye to people who came to see him off, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

People wave to an airplane carrying engineering corps members of the Self-Defense Forces on their way to South Sudan, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

People wave to an airplane carrying engineering corps members of the Self-Defense Forces on their way to South Sudan, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

People leave Aomori Airport after seeing off engineering corps members of the Self-Defense Forces on their way to South Sudan, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

Engineering corps members of the Self-Defense Forces enter Aomori Airport while being seen off by their families, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)

An engineering corps member of the Self-Defense Forces, left, says goodbye to people who came to see him off, at Aomori Airport on Nov. 20, 2016. (Mainichi)