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Video by Sgt. Tyler Andrews
Iron Fist 25 | VMM-262 (Rein.) departs USS America (LHA 6)
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Feb. 17, 2025 | 1:59
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, transport aboard U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to VMM-262 (Rein.) during Iron Fist 25, from the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Vice-Camp Takayubaru, Feb. 17, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)
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