U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Col. Adrian Evangelista, the commanding officer of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives a speech for a ceremony during Iron Fist 25, at JGSDF Vice-Camp Takayubaru, Kumamoto, Japan, Feb. 22, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. Evangelista is a native of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)
Date Taken: | 02.22.2025 |
Date Posted: | 02.27.2025 08:51 |
Photo ID: | 8888751 |
VIRIN: | 250222-M-WE079-1164 |
Resolution: | 5615x3743 |
Size: | 9.96 MB |
Location: | JGSDF VICE-CAMP TAKAYUBARU, KUMAMOTO, JP |
Hometown: | TINIAN, MP |
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