US & JGSDF Amphibious Reconnaissance – Iron Fist 2020
U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with Reconnaissance Battalion, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, practice assaulting the beach and recovering their combat rubber raiding craft during Exercise Iron Fist 2020 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, January 20. Amphibious operations are vital to effective crisis response support, regional maritime security and deterrence. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Robert Kuehn)