Maj. David Cross (left), an interpreter with I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Col. David Banning (center), Marine Corps liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, speak to Lt. Gen. Hirokazu Fujita (right), Chief of Staff, Ground Component Command, JGSDF, during an honorary dinner held at Lt. Gen. Osterman’s residence at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 3, 2019, as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2019. During the dinner, I MEF staff and distinguished visitors from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Japanese Consulate and the Marubeni Corporation gathered for an eve


Maj. David Cross (left), an interpreter with I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Col. David Banning (center), Marine Corps liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, speak to Lt. Gen. Hirokazu Fujita (right), Chief of Staff, Ground Component Command, JGSDF, during an honorary dinner held at Lt. Gen. Osterman’s residence at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 3, 2019, as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2019. During the dinner, I MEF staff and distinguished visitors from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Japanese Consulate and the Marubeni Corporation gathered for an evening of socializing to symbolize the working relationship that the two nations have fostered together over the course of the multilateral exercise.


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