Marine Pfc. Salvador Cortez, field artillery cannoneer, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, explains the capabilities of the 120mm M327 Towed Rifled Mortar System to Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, soldier as he looks through the mortar tube during the Supporting Arms Coordinating Center Exercise (SACCEX) for Iron Fist 2016, aboard San Clemente Island, Calif., Feb. 21, 2016. SACCEX serves as a cooperative learning tool for the US-Japan partnership through the operation of a SACC, which has developed the USMC and JGSDF’s abilit

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Marine Pfc. Salvador Cortez, field artillery cannoneer, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, explains the capabilities of the 120mm M327 Towed Rifled Mortar System to Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, soldier as he looks through the mortar tube during the Supporting Arms Coordinating Center Exercise (SACCEX) for Iron Fist 2016, aboard San Clemente Island, Calif., Feb. 21, 2016. SACCEX serves as a cooperative learning tool for the US-Japan partnership through the operation of a SACC, which has developed the USMC and JGSDF’s ability to integrate naval gunfire, mortars and close-air support as a combined force. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

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