Major Christopher Burnett, 13th MEU commander-of-troops, briefs Marines and Japanese Ground Self Defense Force soldiers about ship procedures Feb. 20 aboard the USS Anchorage during the at sea portion of Exercise Iron Fist 2017. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral training exercise where and Japanese service members train together and share techniques, tactics and procedures to improve their combined operational capabilities.

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