U.S. Marines Corps Capt. Philip Anklesaria, right, a pilot VMM V-22 qualified (I), and Master Sgt. Carlos Rivera, an aircraft maintenance chief, both with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, briefs Marines during Iron Fist 25, at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Vice-Camp Takayubaru, Kumamoto, Japan, Feb. 17, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. Anklesaria is a native of Maryland and Rivera is a native of New York. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)
Date Taken: | 02.17.2025 |
Date Posted: | 02.27.2025 00:46 |
Photo ID: | 8888328 |
VIRIN: | 250217-M-WE079-1245 |
Resolution: | 5368x3579 |
Size: | 10.06 MB |
Location: | JGSDF VICE-CAMP TAKAYUBARU, KUMAMOTO, JP |
Hometown: | COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND, US |
Hometown: | MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, US |
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