13th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Hometown: Camp Pendleton, CA, US
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JGSDF Conducts MV-22 Osprey Insertion During Iron Fist 2013
U.S. Marines with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in Exercise Iron Fist 2013 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. Feb. 13, 2013. The purpose of the bilateral amphibious exercise was t improve interoperability, enhance military-to-military relations and hone individual and small-unit skills necessary for effective crisis response and to effectively conduct contingency operations across the Pacific. Produced by Cpl. Ammon W. Carter.
Video by Cpl. Ammon Carter | 13MEU | 02.13.2013
Recent Photos
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Translators help Marines, JGSDF understand each other...Marine reservist Lance Cpl. Sungwoo Hur, translator and riflemen with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, translates for the Japan Ground...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan | 13MEU | 01.28.2013
Exercise Iron Fist 2013 Concludes with BBQ, festivitiesMembers of the Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit play a game of football on the Del...
Photo by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13MEU | 02.15.2013
Iron Fist 2013: US – Japan partnership 'stronger than...Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force attend the closing ceremony for Exercise Iron Fist 2013 at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb 15 2013. During Exercise Iron...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan | 13MEU | 02.15.2013
13th MEU, JGSDF finish Iron Fist 2013Pfc. Mason Moore, a rifleman and Chillicothe Mo., native, with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security in...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan | 13MEU | 02.13.2013
VMM-166 launches for Iron Fist 2013A CH-53E Sea Stallion, a Marine Medium Tilt-Rotar Squadron 166 (Reinforced) helicopter, stands ready to launch aboard the USS Boxer (LHD-4) to transport Marines to...
Photo by Cpl. Jennifer Pirante | 13MEU | 02.08.2013
JGSDF train alongside 13th MEU Marines with the MV-22B...Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force train alongside U.S. Marines with the MV-22B Osprey during the final key event of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, at Marine...
Courtesy Photo | 13MEU | 02.13.2013
Recent Video
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JGSDF Conducts MV-22 Osprey Insertion During Iron Fist 2013U.S. Marines with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in Exercise Iron Fist 2013 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. Feb. 13,...
Video by Cpl. Ammon Carter | 13MEU | 02.13.2013
CLB-13 launches LCACs aboard USS BoxerCombat cargo Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13 and Sailors aboard the USS Boxer (LHD-4) work together to load and transport heavy cargo to Marines with 1st...
Video by Cpl. Jennifer Pirante | 13MEU | 02.09.2013
JGSDF Observe MV-22 Ospreys During Iron Fist 2013Distinguished visitors and members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force arrive aboard the USS Boxer (LHD-4) via MV-22 Osprey helicopters during Exercise Iron Fist...
Video by Cpl. Jennifer Pirante | 13MEU | 02.08.2013
Exercise Iron Fist Media RoundtableRoundtable featuring MG Spiese, IMEF Deputy Commander, Col. Taylor, 13th MEU Commander, and Col. Kunni, Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self Defense...
Courtesy Video | 13MEU | 02.11.2013
1/4 Marines Train With .50 Cal. During Iron Fist 2013Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, train with .50 cal. macineguns at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine...
Video by Cpl. Jennifer Pirante | 13MEU | 01.31.2013
1/4 Marines, JGSDF take Iron Fist 2013 to 29 PalmsMarines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct platoon to company plus-sized assault tactics training with members of the...
Video by Cpl. Jennifer Pirante | 13MEU | 01.29.2013
Recent News Stories
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Translators help Marines, JGSDF understand each other..."Translate this for me," is what Marines and Sailors often said when working with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise Iron Fist 2013.
Story by Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan | 13MEU | 02.22.2013
Iron Fist 2013: US – Japan partnership 'stronger than...Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, alongside members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, conducted a closing ceremony for Exercise Iron Fist 2013,...
Story by Cpl. Jennifer Pirante | 13MEU | 02.15.2013
JGSDF, Marines train with MV-22B Osprey during Exercise...
Japanese troops with the Western Army Infantry Regiment took their first flights aboard an Osprey aircraft here Feb. 13, during the culminating event of Exercise Iron...
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Orr | 13MEU | 02.14.2013
Japanese troops with the Western Army Infantry Regiment took their first flights aboard an Osprey aircraft here Feb. 13, during the culminating event of Exercise Iron...
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Orr | 13MEU | 02.14.2013
13th MEU to hold Exercise Iron Fist media roundtable
A media round table between Maj.Gen. Spiese, deputy commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Col. Taylor, commander, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Col. Kunni,...
Courtesy Story | 13MEU | 02.06.2013
A media round table between Maj.Gen. Spiese, deputy commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Col. Taylor, commander, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Col. Kunni,...
Courtesy Story | 13MEU | 02.06.2013
1/4 Marines, Japan Ground Self Defense Force train...Members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force left the Land of the Rising Sun for the Golden State in mid-January 2013, to train with Marines and Sailors from 1st...
Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13MEU | 02.04.2013
Exercise Iron Fist 2013Service rifles, machineguns, mortars, motivated Marines and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force are what you need to jump start Exercise Iron Fist 2013.
Story by Lance Cpl. Demetrius Morgan | 13MEU | 01.25.2013
