Marine Corps Sgt. Christian Wade, a machine gunner with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, inspects the gun range prior to a live-fire exercise on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Mar. 11, 2022. Live-fire drills and exercises keep Marines consistent in the execution of their roles within their squads. Maritime Defense Exercise Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade is a bilateral exercise meant to increase interoperability and strengthen ties between and Japanese forces for the defense of Japan.

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Keywords: 31st, ardb, camp, catc, fuji, japan, m240b, mdx, meu