U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III/Released 120210-M-0000A-004.jpg
Feb 10, 2012
Second Lt. Jeff D. Illies Jr., platoon commander, 1st Platoon, Alpha Co., 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, gives guidance to soldiers with the intelligence platoon, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, during an eight-and-a-half mile patrol as a part of the weeklong at-sea portion of Exercise Iron Fist 2012, on San Clemente Island, Calif., Feb. 10. The Marines of 1st Platoon moved from the USS Peleliu to the island in CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters. Third AABN acted as the ground combat element for the exercise. Exercise Iron Fist 2012 is a bilateral training exercise that gave the 15th MEU a chance to demonstrate its amphibious capabilities to the Japanese. Illies, 27, is a native of Muskego, Wis.
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