MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A Japan

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A Japan Ground Self Defense Soldier with the Western Army Infantry Regiment tests a fast rope, attached to an MV-22 Osprey, before conducting fast rope training during exercise Iron Fist 2018, Jan. 23. Iron Fist brings together U.S. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and soldiers from the JGSDF to improve their bilateral planning, communicating, and conducting of combined amphibious operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Robert B. Brown Jr.)