Senior military leaders from the Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force pose for a group photograph during exercise Iron Fist 23 in Hijudai, Japan, Feb. 18, 2023. Senior military leaders from the 31st MEU and JGSDF met and visited various operation sites around the training areas. 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.

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