February 12, 2020 - U.S. Marines
with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion and 2nd Battalion, 1st
Marine Regiment, both with 1st Marine Division and Japan
Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with Amphibious Rapid
Deployment Brigade, participate in an amphibious landing
assault during Exercise Iron Fist (IF) 2020 on Marine Corps
Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Iron Fist enhances opportunities for
the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine
Corps to share expertise in the use of amphibious vehicles,
combined arms and amphibious doctrine.
