Staff Sgt. Joshua Willson (right), 1-2 all domain effects team chief and Sgt. Malcolm T. Lewis (left), 1-2 communications chief with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), work alongside Sgt 1st class Tomoya Tasaki (center), a joint force coordinator for the fire support coordination center, 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, to identify and communicate targets to F-35B Lightning II fighter pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, flying overhead at Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji, Japan, March 9, 2022. To comm
Staff Sgt. Joshua Willson (right), 1-2 all domain effects team chief and Sgt. Malcolm T. Lewis (left), 1-2 communications chief with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), work alongside Sgt 1st class Tomoya Tasaki (center), a joint force coordinator for the fire support coordination center, 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, to identify and communicate targets to F-35B Lightning II fighter pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, flying overhead at Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji, Japan, March 9, 2022. To communicate with the supporting elements, the team utilized advance radio relay equipment to bounce a signal from an MV-22B Osprey more than 50 miles away to over encoded communication channel. Maritime Defense Exercise Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (MDX-ARDB) is a bilateral exercise meant to increase interoperability and strengthen ties between and Japanese forces for the defense of Japan.
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