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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith bow their heads after placing a wreath during the 80th Battle of Iwo Jima Reunion of Honor Ceremony in Iwo Jima, Japan, March 29, 2025. SD Hegseth Attends 80th Battle of Iwo Jima Reunion

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing prepares to land at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 8, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which provides U.S.-based units with operational experience in the Indo-Pacific. Their arrival marked the start of the Marine Corps’ transition from the F/A-18 Hornet to the F-35 for rotational deployments to the region. First rotational F-35Bs in Japan train with missil

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, set security during a simulated bilateral raid as part of Iron Fist 25 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2025. The U.S. Marines and JGSDF soldiers worked together to clear two objectives to improve bilateral integration and strengthen cohesion between partner forces. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the JGSDF, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Iron Fist 25 | 31st MEU and JGSDF conduct simulate

An EA-18G Growler, assigned to the “Gauntlets” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), March 15, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. USS Princeton

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