Story by Lt. Beau Nickerson | Amphibious Squadron 11 | 03.17.2024
Sailors assigned to the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, celebrated the completion of the 18th iteration of Exercise Iron Fist, alongside members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), in a ceremony held on the flight deck of the JMSDF Ōsumi -class tank landing ship JS......
Story by 1st Lt. Iris Robare | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.13.2023
Today, members of the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) and U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed the first Japan-based Iron Fist exercise. Iron Fist is an annual exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen relationships between the US Marine Corps (USMC), the US Navy, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), and JMSDF. This iteration of Iron......
Story by Lt.j.g. Beau Nickerson | USS America (LHA 6) | 03.12.2023
Sailors assigned to the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), along with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), celebrated the completion of the 17th iteration of Exercise Iron Fist in a ceremony held on the flight deck of JMSDF landing ship tank JS Ohsumi (LST 4001), March 12....
Story by Yasuo Osakabe | 374th Airlift Wing | 03.03.2023
The U.S. Air Force 36th Airlift Squadron, Japan Air Self-Defense Force 2nd Tactical Group, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade conducted bilateral airborne operations at remote islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, March 3....
Story by Capt. PawelPawel Puczko | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.28.2023
U.S. Marines and Sailors are scheduled to participate in Exercise Iron Fist 2023 alongside members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)....
Story by Cpl. Carl Matthew Ruppert | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.04.2022
U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers conducted waterborne operations in U.S. amphibious combat vehicles (ACVs) and Japanese assault amphibious vehicles (AAVs) during bilateral amphibious assault training at White Beach, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 1-2, as part of exercise Iron Fist 2022....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Natalie Byers and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Hale | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 02.14.2020
PACIFIC OCEAN — Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) along with U.S. Marines welcomed aboard Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment soldiers in support of Exercise Iron Fist 2020, Feb. 3 through Feb. 14....
Courtesy Story | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.08.2020
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – U.S. Marines and Sailors are scheduled to participate in Exercise Iron Fist alongside members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade. The exercise will occur at various facilities in Southern California and at sea from Jan. 17 to Feb. 21, 2020....
