A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldier with 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment posts security after exiting a U.S Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164, during Exercise Iron Fist 2022 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 11, 2022. For almost two decades the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and JGSDF have conducted Exercise Iron Fist, training together in amphibious operations and affirming the U.S. commitment to our allies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carl Matthew Ruppert)

Photo by Camp Pendleton