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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) 2nd Lieutenant Issei Shima dons the MK-25 underwater breathing apparatus (UBA) during training aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The training is a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016, an annual bilateral training exercise between the USMC and JGSDF designed to improve planning, communication, and conducting of amphibious operations between the two militaries. The MK-25 UBA is employed for clandestine reconnaissance missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) 2nd Lieutenant Issei Shima dons the MK-25 underwater breathing apparatus (UBA) during training aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The training is a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016, an annual bilateral training exercise between the USMC and JGSDF designed to improve planning, communication, and conducting of amphibious operations between the two militaries. The MK-25 UBA is employed for clandestine reconnaissance missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Xzavior McNeal

Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Homestead, platoon sergeant with 1st Reconnaissance Bn., 1st Marine Division, explains the importance of oxygen and breath control during combat diving operations to soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The training is a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016, an annual bilateral training exercise between the USMC and JGSDF designed to improve planning, communication, and conducting of amphibious operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Homestead, platoon sergeant with 1st Reconnaissance Bn., 1st Marine Division, explains the importance of oxygen and breath control during combat diving operations to soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The training is a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016, an annual bilateral training exercise between the USMC and JGSDF designed to improve planning, communication, and conducting of amphibious operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Xzavior McNeal

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Bn., 1st Marine Division take a break during training to lift weights at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The JGSDF and Marines are conducting Exercise Iron Fist 2016, an annual bilateral amphibious training exercise. The U.S.-Japan Alliance has been the foundation of peace and security in Northeast Asia and cornerstone of U.S. engagement in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Bn., 1st Marine Division take a break during training to lift weights at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The JGSDF and Marines are conducting Exercise Iron Fist 2016, an annual bilateral amphibious training exercise. The U.S.-Japan Alliance has been the foundation of peace and security in Northeast Asia and cornerstone of U.S. engagement in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Xzavior McNeal

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier provides notional suppressing fire while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. The range provided the Japanese soldiers with a realistic training scenario with varied terrain, unknown distance target shooting as well as moving and pop-up targets.

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier provides notional suppressing fire while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. The range provided the Japanese soldiers with a realistic training scenario with varied terrain, unknown distance target shooting as well as moving and pop-up targets.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers establish a base of fire while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. U.S. Marines facilitated the use of the range acting as safety personnel per base regulations, to allow the Japanese soldiers to hone some of the fundamental skills and techniques they would be using throughout Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers establish a base of fire while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. U.S. Marines facilitated the use of the range acting as safety personnel per base regulations, to allow the Japanese soldiers to hone some of the fundamental skills and techniques they would be using throughout Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

A Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldier provides notional suppressing fire while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. The range provided the Japanese soldiers with a realistic training scenario with varied terrain, unknown distance target shooting as well as moving and pop-up targets.

A Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldier provides notional suppressing fire while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. The range provided the Japanese soldiers with a realistic training scenario with varied terrain, unknown distance target shooting as well as moving and pop-up targets.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers rehearse for a platoon attack exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment facilitated the use of the range, both allowing the JGSDF soldiers to practice their skills in an unfamiliar training environment, and share tactics and skills with their U.S. counterparts.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers rehearse for a platoon attack exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment facilitated the use of the range, both allowing the JGSDF soldiers to practice their skills in an unfamiliar training environment, and share tactics and skills with their U.S. counterparts.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers bound to a new position while rehearsing for a platoon attack exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. This platoon attack exercise was the first of several training exercises that soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will be conducting as a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers bound to a new position while rehearsing for a platoon attack exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. This platoon attack exercise was the first of several training exercises that soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will be conducting as a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers get online with each other while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. This platoon attack exercise was the first of several training exercises that soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will be conducting as a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers get online with each other while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. This platoon attack exercise was the first of several training exercises that soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will be conducting as a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

Maj. Tomotake Nagamura (left), company commander with Western Army Infantry Regiment, shakes the hand of Lt. Col. Eric J. Dougherty, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment at Range 223B, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. Marines with Dougherty’s battalion facilitated the use of the range, both allowing the soldiers of Nagamura’s unit to practice their skills in an unfamiliar training environment as well as share tactics and skills with their U.S. counterparts.

Maj. Tomotake Nagamura (left), company commander with Western Army Infantry Regiment, shakes the hand of Lt. Col. Eric J. Dougherty, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment at Range 223B, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. Marines with Dougherty’s battalion facilitated the use of the range, both allowing the soldiers of Nagamura’s unit to practice their skills in an unfamiliar training environment as well as share tactics and skills with their U.S. counterparts.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

U.S. Marine Corps (center) Sgt. Shou Oikawa, Light Armored Vehicle with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, translates for 1st Lt. Anthony Grandprey, weapons platoon commander with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, as he explains the layout of Range 223B to his Japan Ground Self- Defense Force counterpart aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. This platoon attack exercise was the first of several training exercises that soldiers of the Japan Ground Self- Defense Force will be conducting as a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

U.S. Marine Corps (center) Sgt. Shou Oikawa, Light Armored Vehicle with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, translates for 1st Lt. Anthony Grandprey, weapons platoon commander with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, as he explains the layout of Range 223B to his Japan Ground Self- Defense Force counterpart aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. This platoon attack exercise was the first of several training exercises that soldiers of the Japan Ground Self- Defense Force will be conducting as a part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

U.S. Marines and their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers discuss the layout of Range 223B, a platoon attack range, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. U.S. Marines facilitated the use of the range acting as safety personnel per base regulations, to allow the Japanese soldiers to hone some of the fundamental skills and techniques they would be using throughout Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

U.S. Marines and their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers discuss the layout of Range 223B, a platoon attack range, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. U.S. Marines facilitated the use of the range acting as safety personnel per base regulations, to allow the Japanese soldiers to hone some of the fundamental skills and techniques they would be using throughout Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers establish a base of fire while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. U.S. Marines facilitated the use of the range acting as safety personnel per base regulations, to allow the Japanese soldiers to hone some of the fundamental skills and techniques they would be using throughout Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers establish a base of fire while rehearsing for a platoon attack training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. U.S. Marines facilitated the use of the range acting as safety personnel per base regulations, to allow the Japanese soldiers to hone some of the fundamental skills and techniques they would be using throughout Exercise Iron Fist 2016.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett White

Corporal Ishida of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army Infantry Regiment scans the simulated battlefield for targets as U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Casey, battalion master gunner, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion and simulator operator, and JGSDF Master Sgt. Fukase monitor the amphibious assault crew’s performance during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26. This annual, bilateral exercise offers the opportunity for the U.S. Marines and JGSDF soldiers to work hand-in-hand as they train and prepare for an amphibious assault being conducted on the shores of Camp Pendleton in late February.

Corporal Ishida of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army Infantry Regiment scans the simulated battlefield for targets as U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Casey, battalion master gunner, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion and simulator operator, and JGSDF Master Sgt. Fukase monitor the amphibious assault crew’s performance during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26. This annual, bilateral exercise offers the opportunity for the U.S. Marines and JGSDF soldiers to work hand-in-hand as they train and prepare for an amphibious assault being conducted on the shores of Camp Pendleton in late February.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Valero

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Cpl. Ishida, with the Western Army Infantry Regiment, looks out from the gun turret onto a simulated desert after successfully engaging targets during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 26. The amphibious assault vehicle simulator offers the unique ability to train hands-on with the controls without requiring the resources needed to conduct training in the field. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious assault exercise focused on strengthening of amphibious operations between the U.S. Marine Corps and the JGSDF.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Cpl. Ishida, with the Western Army Infantry Regiment, looks out from the gun turret onto a simulated desert after successfully engaging targets during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 26. The amphibious assault vehicle simulator offers the unique ability to train hands-on with the controls without requiring the resources needed to conduct training in the field. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious assault exercise focused on strengthening of amphibious operations between the U.S. Marine Corps and the JGSDF.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Valero

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Casey, battalion master gunner, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion and simulator operator, monitors a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier’s performance alongside JGSDF Master Sgt. Fukase from the Western Army Infantry Regiment during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 26. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise that enables JGSDF soldiers and U.S. Marines to conduct combined amphibious operations. This year’s evolution will culminate with a scenario-based amphibious assault launching from the USS Somerset in late February.

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Casey, battalion master gunner, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion and simulator operator, monitors a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier’s performance alongside JGSDF Master Sgt. Fukase from the Western Army Infantry Regiment during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 26. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise that enables JGSDF soldiers and U.S. Marines to conduct combined amphibious operations. This year’s evolution will culminate with a scenario-based amphibious assault launching from the USS Somerset in late February.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Valero

A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army Infantry Regiment looks out from the driver’s seat of an amphibious assault vehicle onto a simulated battlefield during training during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 26. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise designed to improve U.S. Marine Corps and JGSDF’s ability to plan, communicate and conduct combined amphibious operations. The exercise provides valuable training to warriors from different cultures, and the opportunity to build camaraderie between the U.S. and Japanese militaries.

A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army Infantry Regiment looks out from the driver’s seat of an amphibious assault vehicle onto a simulated battlefield during training during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 26. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral amphibious training exercise designed to improve U.S. Marine Corps and JGSDF’s ability to plan, communicate and conduct combined amphibious operations. The exercise provides valuable training to warriors from different cultures, and the opportunity to build camaraderie between the U.S. and Japanese militaries.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Valero

Colonel Clay C. Tipton, commanding officer of 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Col. Yoshiyuki Goto, regiment commander of the Western Army Infantry of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force gather for a daily synchronization meeting during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. This meeting takes place every morning in order to ensure that both militaries understand the day’s sequence of operations.

Colonel Clay C. Tipton, commanding officer of 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Col. Yoshiyuki Goto, regiment commander of the Western Army Infantry of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force gather for a daily synchronization meeting during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. This meeting takes place every morning in order to ensure that both militaries understand the day’s sequence of operations.

Photo by Cpl. Xzavior McNeal

Staff Sgt. Mark Pins, a reconnaissance man with 1st Recon Bn., 1st Marine Division, instructs Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on proper usage and deployment of the multi-mission parachute system (MMPS), which is used to conduct free fall operations during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral amphibious training exercise held in Southern California between the United States Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Staff Sgt. Mark Pins, a reconnaissance man with 1st Recon Bn., 1st Marine Division, instructs Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on proper usage and deployment of the multi-mission parachute system (MMPS), which is used to conduct free fall operations during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral amphibious training exercise held in Southern California between the United States Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Photo by Cpl. Xzavior McNeal

Staff Sgt. Mark Pins, a reconnaissance man with 1st Recon Bn., 1st Marine Division, instructs Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on proper usage and deployment of the multi-mission parachute system (MMPS), which is used to conduct free fall operations during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral amphibious training exercise held in Southern California between the United States Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Staff Sgt. Mark Pins, a reconnaissance man with 1st Recon Bn., 1st Marine Division, instructs Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on proper usage and deployment of the multi-mission parachute system (MMPS), which is used to conduct free fall operations during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2016. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral amphibious training exercise held in Southern California between the United States Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Photo by Cpl. Xzavior McNeal

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