[1] On 7 September 2009, the fifth aviation group together with Okinawa Prefecture to participate in disaster prevention drills, Air Self-Defense Force, Fire Service, NTT, Okinawa Electric Power Company and the Japanese Red Cross Society to train for stacking a variety of vehicles such as ambulance.

In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake off the Pacific coast the vessel was dispatched to respond to the disaster.

From 10 to 26 June 2013, Shimokita participated for the first time in the integrated training Dawn Blitz 13, which was held by the US military at Camp Pendleton, California, and San Clemente Island.

[10] On 10 July, Shimokita was in Hiroshima Ujina Port while transporting gasoline, diesel fuel about 124 such kiloliters loaded with tank trucks.

[14] On 25 August, the same year, joint training was conducted with the Royal Navy HMS Albion in the waters south of Honshu.