Japanese soldiers put a combat rubber reconnaissance craft into a U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter while conducting helocast training with Marines assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division during Iron Fist 2014 at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 15, 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.