OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2018) An MV-22 Osprey helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) during the annual exercise Iron Fist 2018. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise designed to improve the Marine Corps and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s ability to plan, communicate and conduct combined amphibious operations at the platoon, company and battalion levels. ( Navy

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