Translators help Marines, JGSDF understand each other for Exercise Iron Fist 2013

Marine reservist Lance Cpl. Sungwoo Hur, translator and riflemen with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, translates for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 28 2013. During Exercise Iron Fist 2013, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force spent three weeks participating in bilateral training which improved their interoperability, enhanced military-to-military relations, and sharpened skills essential to crisis response. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan)