Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, Commanding General Ground Staff Office Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Fridrick Fridriksson, Commanding General of 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Deputy Commanding General of III Marine Expeditionary Force, right, talk during a littoral maneuver exercise part of Iron Fist 23 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, March 10, 2023. The littoral maneuver encompassed several units passing through other units’ positions while moving toward an objective, these actions are the most complex evolutions a partnered force can conduct. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the JGSDF, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher R. Lape)