This marks the third straight year that Iron Fist has taken place on Japanese soil. On April 1, 1945, a mere five days after the bloody Battle of Iwo Jima ended, U.S. and Imperial Japanese forces were ...

KIN BLUE BEACH, Okinawa — An hourlong amphibious landing by U.S. Marines and Japanese troops over the weekend served as the “key bilateral training event” of Iron Fist, a defining exercise ...

This is the third year in a row that the annual Iron Fist joint drills have been held ... followed by GSDF amphibious craft and Japanese and US landing crafts. At a joint news conference after ...

The Iron Fist drills, which date to fiscal 2005 ... about the recent series of large-scale joint exercises between Japanese and U.S. forces. Roughly 800 personnel from the Maritime Self-Defense ...