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    Iron Fist 25 | VMM-262 (Rein.) and JGSDF conduct Bilateral Insert [Image 11 of 50]

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    Iron Fist 25 | VMM-262 (Rein.) and JGSDF conduct Bilateral Insert

    JGSDF CAMP AINOURA, NAGASAKI, JAPAN

    02.23.2025

    Photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Quentin Kennell, a tiltrotor crew chief, MV-22, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, center, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, prepare to embark U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to VMM-262 (Rein.), during a bilateral insert exercise in support of Iron Fist 25, at JGSDF Camp Ainoura, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, Feb. 23, 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. Kennell is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)

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    Date Taken: 02.23.2025
    Date Posted: 02.27.2025 11:02
    Photo ID: 8888995
    VIRIN: 250223-M-WE079-1180
    Resolution: 6386x4257
    Size: 13.41 MB
    Location: JGSDF CAMP AINOURA, NAGASAKI, JP
    Hometown: ELK GROVE, CALIFORNIA, US

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