A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force listens to U.S. Marine Corps Division Schools instructors while conducting unknown distance drills Feb. 6, 2014, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., during exercise Iron Fist 2014. Iron Fist is a three-week bilateral training event held annually between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force designed to increase interoperability between the two services while aiding the Japanese in their continued development of amphibious capabilities.