U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Bryan Dingess, with Beach Master Unit 1, guides a landing craft, air cushion onto the beach at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 12, 2014, 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.