Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, stage amphibious assault vehicles on the beach as a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force landing craft, air cushion approaches during a bilateral amphibious landing display in support of Iron Fist 25, at Kin Blue Beach Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 1, 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, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japan Air 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)
Date Taken: | 03.01.2025 |
Date Posted: | 03.11.2025 00:15 |
Photo ID: | 8907423 |
VIRIN: | 250301-M-WE079-1014 |
Resolution: | 6104x4069 |
Size: | 11.83 MB |
Location: | KIN BLUE BEACH TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JP |
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