US Marines In Japan Join 500 Japanese Soldiers In 2-Week Exercise - Pentagon
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 22, 2020 | 03:10 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd January, 2020) A two-week bilateral training exercise with US Marines and Japanese soldiers now underway features vertical assaults with the MV-22B Osprey vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, the US Pacific Command (PACOM) said in a press release.
"The exercise will consist of field training events to include basic infantry skills training, vertical assaults integrated with MV-22B Osprey flight operations, and combined-arms operations," the release said on Tuesday.
PACOM explained that more than 145 Okinawa-based US Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, joined about 500 Japan Ground Self Defense Force counterparts for the January 18-31exercise.
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit - the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed unit - serves as the Primary US crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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