U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher R. Lape ()
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jon Gustafson, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force intel officer with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Capt. Shima Kenichiro, an intel officer with the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, exchange coins during closing operations of a command operation center on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, March 10, 2023. U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and soldiers with the JGSDF worked side-by-side during Iron Fist 23. 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, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
