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Video by Lance Cpl. Jerry Edlin

Resolute Dragon 21 and Special Forces Insert B-Roll

3d Marine Division

Dec. 11, 2021 | 2:42

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, and U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, load into a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey with Special Operations Squadron 21, during an aerial insertion as part of Resolute Dragon 21, on Ojojihara Proving Grounds, Dec. 11, 2021. RD21 is the largest bilateral field training exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) since 2013 and the largest ever in Japan. RD21 is designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jerry Edlin)