Resolute Dragon 21 Opening Ceremony
Channel: Defense Now
Date: 2021-12-09

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, and soldiers with the 39th Infantry Regiment, Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF), participate in the opening ceremony for exercise Resolute Dragon 21 at Iwate, Japan, Dec. 8, 2021. 

3rd Marine Division      
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Resolute Dragon 21 Opening Ceremony
IWATE, JAPAN
12.08.2021   

RD21 is the largest bilateral field training exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and the JSDF in 2021. RD21 is designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. 2/8 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)

Film Credits: Video by Cpl. Joshua Brittenham 
3rd Marine Division   

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