U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Wissler, left, the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, the chief of joint staff for the Japan Self-Defense Forces, watch a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit as it lands on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JDS Ise (DDH 182) off the coast of Japan Nov. 12, 2013. It was the first time an Osprey landed on a JMSDF ship while in the Asia-Pacific region.