EAST CHINA SEA (Mar. 1, 2023) From back to front: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) minesweepers JS Hirashima (MSC 601), the JS Yakushima (MSC 602), the forward deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), the landing ship tank JS Osumi (LST 4001), and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) sail in formation during a mine counter-measure exercise as part of Exercise Iron Fist while sailing in the East China Sea, Mar. 1. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the Marin
EAST CHINA SEA (Mar. 1, 2023) From back to front: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) minesweepers JS Hirashima (MSC 601), the JS Yakushima (MSC 602), the forward deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), the landing ship tank JS Osumi (LST 4001), and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) sail in formation during a mine counter-measure exercise as part of Exercise Iron Fist while sailing in the East China Sea, Mar. 1. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sade’ Anita Wallace)
Size: 2621px × 1815px
Photo credit: © APFootage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords:
