Dawn Blitz: U.S. and Japanese storm island
Bilateral military exercise develops amphibious ops
Courtesy of U~T San Diego

A joint force of U.S. and Japanese infantry secured the airfield on a 
remote training range off the coast of San Diego Monday during the 
Dawn Blitz military exercise. MORE


A MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 for the first time, lands aboard a Japanese Vessel (at 1 min mark of video) during exercise Dawn Blitz, June 14. Exercises like Dawn Blitz 2013 provide realistic relevant training necessary for effective global crisis response expected of the Navy and Marine Corps.

 

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