Marine, Japanese Leaders Visit USS Peleliu during Exercise Iron Fist 2012 (DVIDS)

ABOARD USS PELEIU - Several distinguished visitors boarded the USS Peleliu to observe the culminating event of Exercise Iron Fist 2012 where service members from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Japanese Ground Self Defense Force conducted a weeklong at-sea period.Exercise Iron Fist 2012 is a bilateral training exercise between the 15th MEU and the JGSDF that gives the 15th MEU a chance to demonstrate its amphibious capabilities to the Japanese. The exercise provides a unique opportunity

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