Photo by Lance Cpl. Apollo Wilson | III MEF Information Group | 02.29.2024
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members with Fire Leading Company, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade conduct a brief in the supporting arms virtual trainer during exercise Iron Fist on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 29, 2024. The training was held to sustain the ability of U.S. Marine and JGSDF joint traffic air controllers on conducting fire support missions in a bilateral......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Apollo Wilson | III MEF Information Group | 02.29.2024
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Hiritoshi Inoue, with Fire Leading Company, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade plot grid coordinates on a map in a low light environment in the supporting arms virtual trainer during exercise Iron Fist on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 29, 2024. When enemy targets are spotted the locations of the targets are plotted on a map to be used to call and......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Apollo Wilson | III MEF Information Group | 02.29.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brayden Summers, left, and Cpl. Dallas Krinhop, both mortarmen with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, plot grid coordinates in the supporting arms virtual trainer during exercise Iron Fist on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 29, 2024. Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Marines utilized the SAVT to train and support air assets and......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Apollo Wilson | III MEF Information Group | 02.29.2024
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Hiritoshi Inoue, with Fire Leading Company, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, plots grid coordinates on a map for a call for fire mission inside the supporting arms virtual trainer during exercise Iron Fist 24 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 29, 2024. JGSDF and U.S. Marines utilized the SAVT which facilitates calling for indirect fire support to......
Photo by Sgt. Andrew King | III MEF Information Group | 02.28.2024
U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self Defense Force service members conduct a fire support control center training as part of Iron Fist 24 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. The training was held to familiarize U.S. Marine and JGSDF joint traffic air controllers how to conduct fire support missions in a bilateral environment. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to......
Photo by Sgt. Andrew King | III MEF Information Group | 02.28.2024
U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade service members conduct a fire support control center training as part of Iron Fist 24 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. The training was held to familiarize U.S. Marine and JGSDF joint traffic air controllers how to conduct fire support missions in a bilateral environment. Iron Fist is an annual......
Photo by Sgt. Andrew King | III MEF Information Group | 02.28.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kyle Schiegner, the Battalion Landing Team 1/1 air officer, with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Tomoya Tasaki, a joint traffic air control instructor with Fire Leading Company, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, review a training scenario as part of Iron Fist 24 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. The......
Photo by Sgt. Andrew King | III MEF Information Group | 02.28.2024
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Tomoya Tasaki, a joint traffic air control instructor with Fire Leading Company, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kyle Schiegner, the Battalion Landing Team 1/1 air officer, with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct radio checks as part of Iron Fist 24 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. The......
