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    U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begin Exercise Forest Light Western Army [Image 9 of 11]

    U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begin Exercise Forest Light Western Army

    CAMP OYANOHARA, AICHI, JAPAN

    01.18.2020

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan LeBlanc 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Service Members with the 12th Infantry Regiment, 8th Division, Western Army, stand in formation beside U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during the opening ceremony for Exercise Forest Light Western Army at Camp Oyanohara, Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020. The exercise will consist of field training events including basic infantry skills, vertical assaults integrated with MV-22B Osprey flight operations, and combined-arms, and enhances the collective defense capabilities of the U.S.-Japanese alliance. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan M. LeBlanc)

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    Date Taken: 01.18.2020
    Date Posted: 01.18.2020 21:07
    Photo ID: 6030459
    VIRIN: 200118-M-XJ088-1570
    Resolution: 3000x2000
    Size: 2.86 MB
    Location: CAMP OYANOHARA, AICHI, JP

    Web Views: 74
    Downloads: 10

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