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    31st MEU | Iron Fist 25 Closing Ceremony [Image 6 of 7]

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    31st MEU | Iron Fist 25 Closing Ceremony

    CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    03.07.2025

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    U.S. Marines Corps Col. Chris Niedziocha, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Col. Akinobu Hotta, commanding officer of 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, exchange gifts during the closing ceremony for Iron Fist 25, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, March 7, 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, the JGSDF, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the 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 Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)

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    Date Taken: 03.07.2025
    Date Posted: 03.12.2025 00:58
    Photo ID: 8909889
    VIRIN: 250307-M-BN482-1286
    Resolution: 4401x2934
    Size: 2.16 MB
    Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP

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