A machine gunner assigned to the Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, fires a M249 squad automatic weapon during Exercise Iron Fist 2016, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 9, 2016. Iron Fist is an annual, bi-lateral training exercise between the Japan Ground Self Defense Force and Marines to strengthen warfighting capabilities in ship to shore operations.
160209-M-VZ995-006.JPG Photo By: Cpl. William Perkins

Feb 22, 2016
Camp Pendleton, Calif. - A machine gunner assigned to the Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, fires a M249 squad automatic weapon during Exercise Iron Fist 2016, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 9, 2016. Iron Fist is an annual, bi-lateral training exercise between the Japan Ground Self Defense Force and Marines to strengthen warfighting capabilities in ship to shore operations.


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