Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps jointly hold the "Iron Fist" military exercise every year. This year, it was held in Japan for the first time instead of being held in the United States in the past.

The picture shows the Japanese Army conducting training in Kagoshima in November 2021.

(Bloomberg)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The "Iron Fist" military exercise jointly held by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Marine Corps every year, this year is different from being held in the United States in the past, and it debuts in Japan for the first time.

With the approval of the Japan-US Joint Committee, Lu Zi announced the details of the training content with the US military on the first day (16th) of the military exercise.

Kyodo News reported that Lu Zi and the U.S. Marine Corps used the U.S. Futenma Airport in Okinawa Prefecture and the U.S. military Schwab next to the Henoko coastal area in Nago City during the island-capture combat training from February 16 to March 12. Waters near the barracks.

This is part of the training for landing in the coastal areas of the US Army Hansen Barracks (Kanwu Town, etc.), and there will be amphibious vehicles on the scene.

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The Japan-U.S. Joint Committee also decided to use the U.S. military’s facility in Okinawa Prefecture, the Kintake Blue Beach Training Ground (Kintake Town), and the uninhabited island of Irisa Island in the west of Japan (Watanaki Village) as a shooting range.

For the first military exercise held in Japan, Lu Zi will dispatch the "Amphibious Mobile Regiment", a special force for the defense of outlying islands, and the "31st Marine Expeditionary Unit" (31MEU), a quick-response force stationed in Okinawa.

In addition to the U.S. military facilities in Okinawa, training will also be carried out at the Hibatsudai Exercise Range in Oita Prefecture and Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture.

The "Iron Fist" military exercise is an annual routine joint training exercise between Japan and the United States since 2006.

Last year, in a military exercise off the coast of California, the U.S. Marine Corps dispatched the latest Osprey transport aircraft to transport Japanese self-defense personnel and tanks to the isolated island. Enemy attack.