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    Translators help Marines, JGSDF understand each other for Exercise Iron Fist 2013

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    The image shows military personnel from what appear to be two different forces engaged in conversation in a desert training environment. One soldier wears MARPAT (US Marine Corps digital camouflage) while another wears a different camouflage pattern consistent with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) uniform, suggesting a joint military exercise. Several other personnel are visible in the background, some wearing red caps typically used to identify observers or controllers during exercises.

    MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    01.28.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan 

    13th Marine Expeditionary Unit   

    Marine reservist Lance Cpl. Sungwoo Hur, translator and riflemen with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, translates for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 28 2013. During Exercise Iron Fist 2013, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force spent three weeks participating in bilateral training which improved their interoperability, enhanced military-to-military relations, and sharpened skills essential to crisis response. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan)

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    Date Taken: 01.28.2013
    Date Posted: 02.22.2013 19:15
    Photo ID: 872229
    VIRIN: 130128-M-ET630-046
    Resolution: 5616x3744
    Size: 6.22 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US

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