Exercise Iron Fist
Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment and Marines with 1st Tank Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., carry gear during a hike here Feb. 15. The soldiers and Marines are participating in Exercise Iron Fist, a bilateral training exercise conducted between the two services to increase interoperability.
Photo by Lance Cpl. Gene A. Ainsworth III

