A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force mortarman sites in on a target during a live-fire exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb 1, 2016. Marines facilitated the use of the range acting as safety personnel, to allow the Japanese soldiers to hone fundamental skills and techniques they would be using throughout Exercise Iron Fist 2016. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Garrett White/Released) Exercise Iron Fist 2016, 81mm Mortar Shoot 160201-M-DQ243-121

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