MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marines

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and Japanese Soldiers with the Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self Defense Force, conduct fast rope drills during exercise Iron Fist 2018, Jan. 22. Iron Fist brings together U.S. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Soldiers from the JGSDF to improve their bilateral planning, communicating, and conducting of combined amphibious operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Robert B. Brown Jr.)