1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,440 exercise . Iron fist is a bilateral 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,440 training exercise that involves the 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,607 Japanese ground self defense force and 5 00:00:11,607 --> 00:00:14,930 the United States Marine Corps . It 6 00:00:14,930 --> 00:00:18,130 focuses on bilateral training to 7 00:00:18,130 --> 00:00:20,500 increase amphibious capability between 8 00:00:20,510 --> 00:00:22,566 the United States and the Japanese . 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:25,660 Yeah , 10 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:34,950 okay , so it's also good at this . What 11 00:00:34,950 --> 00:00:38,630 about potato or big head ? I 12 00:00:38,630 --> 00:00:38,960 know 13 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:53,020 it's the most . 14 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,460 It's not a cigar , a tornado 15 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:03,180 you give me the more animals on the US 16 00:01:03,180 --> 00:01:05,820 side . Units from across the first 17 00:01:05,820 --> 00:01:08,042 Marine expeditionary force are involved 18 00:01:08,042 --> 00:01:10,153 in this exercise . Amphibious assault 19 00:01:10,153 --> 00:01:13,180 battalion has conducted waterborne and 20 00:01:13,180 --> 00:01:16,320 ashore operations with their amphibious 21 00:01:16,380 --> 00:01:18,830 combat vehicles and the Japanese 22 00:01:19,110 --> 00:01:22,510 amphibious assault . The marines were 23 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,520 first platoon participated in crude 24 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,380 gunnery for the bilateral amphibious 25 00:01:27,380 --> 00:01:30,520 assaults . My marines had to work 26 00:01:30,530 --> 00:01:33,510 alongside the Japanese with their 27 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,520 tactics techniques and procedures to 28 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:39,140 conduct an assault online on time 29 00:01:39,150 --> 00:01:40,428 hitting center beach . 30 00:01:48,740 --> 00:01:50,920 Second Battalion , 4th Marines and 31 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,440 Infantry Battalion is the primary 32 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,162 participant . When it comes to 33 00:01:55,162 --> 00:01:57,329 integration with the Japanese soldiers 34 00:01:57,820 --> 00:01:59,987 objective is to work concurrently with 35 00:01:59,987 --> 00:02:03,340 the CJGSdf . Given that there is a 36 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:05,740 large language barrier as well as a 37 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:08,100 difference in tactics used , there was 38 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:10,460 a big showcase of whether we were able 39 00:02:10,460 --> 00:02:12,460 to work effectively and efficiently 40 00:02:12,460 --> 00:02:16,390 with foreign fighting claws . The 41 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,580 air and naval gunfire liaison company 42 00:02:18,590 --> 00:02:21,260 led the fire support control exercise 43 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,900 Out in 29 palms during the exercise . 44 00:02:55,530 --> 00:02:58,720 The greatest benefit of doing this 45 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,940 exercise is the realization that we 46 00:03:00,940 --> 00:03:02,884 have equal partners in the pacific 47 00:03:02,884 --> 00:03:05,070 through our combined strength , We are 48 00:03:05,070 --> 00:03:07,126 capable of both defending and aiding 49 00:03:07,126 --> 00:03:09,770 when required Combat Logistics 50 00:03:09,770 --> 00:03:12,230 Battalion 13 provides the logistical 51 00:03:12,230 --> 00:03:13,730 support across the force . 52 00:03:16,140 --> 00:03:18,190 Working with the JD STF has been 53 00:03:18,190 --> 00:03:20,190 difficult but it's also been really 54 00:03:20,190 --> 00:03:22,500 exhilarating just because we're getting 55 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:24,667 to share medicine and medicine is kind 56 00:03:24,667 --> 00:03:27,480 of its own language to the point where 57 00:03:27,490 --> 00:03:29,768 there is a huge language barrier there , 58 00:03:29,768 --> 00:03:31,823 but when it comes to medicine , it's 59 00:03:31,823 --> 00:03:33,934 kind of universal . Like we just knew 60 00:03:33,934 --> 00:03:36,046 what to do . We knew our bedrolls , I 61 00:03:36,046 --> 00:03:38,157 would hand them things and they would 62 00:03:38,157 --> 00:03:37,670 just know what to do with what I was 63 00:03:37,670 --> 00:03:39,837 handing them or what we were trying to 64 00:03:39,837 --> 00:03:41,614 accomplish . If I started doing 65 00:03:41,614 --> 00:03:43,781 something , they would take over right 66 00:03:43,781 --> 00:03:46,003 away because they just knew how to work 67 00:03:46,003 --> 00:03:48,114 the key objective for exercise . Iron 68 00:03:48,114 --> 00:03:50,750 fist is interoperability between the U . 69 00:03:50,750 --> 00:03:52,750 S . Marines and the japanese ground 70 00:03:52,750 --> 00:03:54,861 self defense force . And specifically 71 00:03:54,950 --> 00:03:57,228 when it comes to amphibious operations , 72 00:03:57,228 --> 00:03:59,450 whether it's live fire moving from ship 73 00:03:59,450 --> 00:04:01,950 to shore , our ability to plan together 74 00:04:02,340 --> 00:04:04,284 our ability to move together , our 75 00:04:04,284 --> 00:04:06,396 ability to adjust the fact that we're 76 00:04:06,396 --> 00:04:08,451 working together and becoming better 77 00:04:08,451 --> 00:04:11,270 together is the key element of exercise . 78 00:04:11,270 --> 00:04:12,270 Iron fist . 79 00:04:21,740 --> 00:04:24,650 Mhm