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Exercise Iron Fist 2016: Two Cultures, One Warrior Spirit

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Forged in the wake of World War II, the U.S.-Japan security alliance has served as one of the Asia-Pacific Region's most important military relationships and as an anchor of U.S. engagement in the Pacific. Revised in 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security grants the United States the rights to

Exercise Iron Fist 2016

For more than 55 years, the United States and Japan have been security treaty allies. For years, the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force have been training together across the Pacific in support of the security treaty for the defense of Japan.Exercise Iron Fist 2016 is one such opportunity, allowing Japanese soldiers to train with

Raiders fly, refuel for MEU’s air-ground exercise

Marine aerial refueling tankers flew missions for a Marine Expeditionary Unit’s air-ground task force exercise that began March 20 at military and civilian installations throughout the state. In KC-130J Hercules turboprop aircraft, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 aviators tactically airlifted 11th MEU equipment and personnel March 26

11th Marine Expeditionary Unit