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U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers with the Western Army 1st Infantry Regiment conducted call for fire, close air support and combined-arms operations at a Supporting Arms Coordinating Center Exercise during Exercise Iron Fist 2017 San Clemente Island, Calif., Feb 22, 2017. The exercise trains both Marines and JGSDF soldiers on coordinating, combined-arms fires form air and sea assets. Iron Fist is an annual, bilateral training exercise where the U.S. and Japanese service members train together and share techniques, tactics and procedure to improve their combined operational capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alvin Pujols/Released)

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San Clemente IslandI MEFJGSDF13th MEU13th Marine Expeditionary Unit1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company1st anglicocall for firesSACCEXIron Fist 2017IF 17Japanese Ground-Self Defense ForceSuppporting Arms Coordinating Center ExerciseI Marine Expeditionary Force