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    2/8 and JGSDF Conduct Live-Fire Defense [Image 7 of 20]

    2/8 and JGSDF Conduct Live-Fire Defense

    IWATE, JAPAN

    12.10.2021

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Aubuchon 

    3rd Marine Division     

    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dominic Petrucci, a rifleman with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines loads a M107 .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle during live-fire defense training with the 39th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) during Resolute Dragon 21 at Iwate, Japan, Dec. 10, 2021. RD21 is the largest bilateral field training exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and the JGSDF since 2013 and the largest ever in Japan. RD21 is designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. 2/8 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division. Petrucci is a native of Newark, Deleware. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Aubuchon)

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    Date Taken: 12.10.2021
    Date Posted: 12.12.2021 02:42
    Photo ID: 6974976
    VIRIN: 211210-M-CG913-0049
    Resolution: 5753x3835
    Size: 1.6 MB
    Location: IWATE, JP
    Hometown: NEWARK, DE, US

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