CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A soldier with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment conceals himself during a break in a hike here Feb. 15. The soldiers are participating alongside Marines with 1st Tank Battalion out of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., in Exercise Iron Fist, a bilateral training exercise conducted between the and Japanese militaries to increase interoperability. ( Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III) Exercise Iron Fist DVIDS367680

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