A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Summary
A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company looks through a Portable Lightweight Designator Range finder during a combined arms exercise with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Feb. 12. The PLDR is used is laser guided and is used to help place a bomb in a specific area. The exercise included 81 and 120 mm mortars, fixed and rotary wing assets and Naval gunfire. In addition to the gunfire exercise, the Japanese also practiced calling for fire. Exercise Iron Fist 2012 is a bilateral training exercise that gave the 15th MEU a chance to demonstrate its amphibious capabilities to the Japanese.
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japanese
expeditionary
15th meu
jgsdf
15th marine expeditionary unit
infantry
close air support
1st anglico
iron fist
western army infantry regiment
bullrush
cpl john robbart iii
staff planning exercise
fpc
san clemente island
marines japanese conduct training on san clemente island
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Date
12/02/2012
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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