Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force complete a portion of the Marine Corps’ swim qualification as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26. Exercise Iron Fist 2015 is an annual bilateral training exercise between and Japanese military forces that builds their combined ability to conduct amphibious and land-based contingency operations. Japanese forces kick start Iron Fist 15 with swim qual 150126-M-XX123-914

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