Sailors assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni’s harbor operations division wait for the high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST-1) to drop its platform at MCAS Iwakuni’s harbor as part of Exercise Orient Shield 22, August 24, 2022. Orient Shield is the largest annual bilateral field training exercise in Japan between the Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. With both its air and sea facilities, MCAS Iwakuni is uniquely positioned to support the dynamic employment of forces across the Indo-Pacific area of operations. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Ta


Sailors assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni’s harbor operations division wait for the high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST-1) to drop its platform at MCAS Iwakuni’s harbor as part of Exercise Orient Shield 22, August 24, 2022. Orient Shield is the largest annual bilateral field training exercise in Japan between the Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. With both its air and sea facilities, MCAS Iwakuni is uniquely positioned to support the dynamic employment of forces across the Indo-Pacific area of operations. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)


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