Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jose Ramirezfigueroa, a fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares to launch an F/A-18D aircraft at Komatsu Air Base, Ishikawa, Japan during exercise Keen Sword 25, Oct. 29, 2024. VMFA-312 is temporarily augmenting MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which aims to provide squadrons stationed in the continental United States with experience training in the Indo-Pacific. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving mili


Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jose Ramirezfigueroa, a fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares to launch an F/A-18D aircraft at Komatsu Air Base, Ishikawa, Japan during exercise Keen Sword 25, Oct. 29, 2024. VMFA-312 is temporarily augmenting MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which aims to provide squadrons stationed in the continental United States with experience training in the Indo-Pacific. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad alliance. Ramirezfigueroa is a native of Puerto Rico. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson)


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