15th Marine Expeditionary Unit 

Iron Fist brings Marines, sailors to sea

2/9/2012 Cpl. John Robbart III, 15th MEU

Marines and sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force packed their gear and loaded the USS Peleliu February 6, for an amphibious operation to be hosted at San Clemente Island, as a p...

Marines, Japanese swim to the shore under stealth of night

2/3/2012 Lance Cpl. Timothy Childers, 15th MEU

Marines from Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted a night helocast off the shore of Red Beach during a night helocast training exercise, Feb. 1. The Marines trained alongside Japanese Rangers from the Japa...

Marines, Japanese train for trouble

1/31/2012 Lance Cpl. Timothy Childers, 15th MEU

Marines and Japanese soldiers conducted helo-dunking egress training, simulated casualty drills and abandon ship techniques from a 10-meter platform during Exercise Iron Fist 2012, at the Camp Horno pool, Jan 28. Iron Fist is a bi-lateral t...

Recon Marines, Japanese soldiers helo cast into the Pacific

1/30/2012 Cpl. John Robbart III, 15th MEU

Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and Japanese soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force practiced helo casting at the Red Beach training area, Jan. 30.

The event was a part of E...

Japanese soldiers ‘make ready’ at live-fire training

1/27/2012 Cpl. John Robbart III, 15th MEU

Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force participated in a combined arms training exercise on Camp Pendleton, Jan. 24 through Feb. 1.

The training was planned in a crawl, walk, run form...