Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers stand side-by-side in their respective formations during the opening ceremony commemorating the beginning of Exercise Iron Fist 2017, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 6, 2017. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral training exercise where and Japanese service members train together and share techniques, tactics and procedures to improve their combined operational capabilities.

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