U.S. Marines and Sailors with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Japan Ground Self Defense Force members with 13th Brigade, Middle Army, and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force members with Fleet Air Wing 31, conduct airfield damage repair (ADR) training during exercise Keen Sword 25 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 31, 2024. The purpose of the ADR was to improve the interoperability of the bilateral force in expeditious airfield and runway repair in forward-deployed, combat environments. Keen Sword is a...
