Marine Corps 1st Lt. Brett Bippert, a platoon commander with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), surveys the terrain during an air assault training exercise, on Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji, Japan, March 9, 2022. The training exercise was conducted to build proficiency in rapidly seizing and defending key terrain. 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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Keywords: 1/5, ardb, blt, catc, jsdf, mdx, raid