Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Chad Tompkins Jr., a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, walks off an MV-22B Osprey after a bilateral formation flight over Mount Fuji on Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Mar. 17, 2022. Bilateral flights build familiarity and interoperability between and Japanese aviation units. Maritime Defense Exercise Amphibious Ready Deployment Brigade 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: 31st, ardb, fuji, jgsdf, mdx, meu, mount, mv-22b, osprey