page_title: Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (Japan)
section_title: Equipment
hierarchical_section_title: Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (Japan) / Equipment
caption_attribution_description: English: Service members with the Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade show their capabilities during the ARDB’s unit-activation ceremony at Camp Ainoura, Japan, April 7, 2018. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit supported the ceremony with a fast rope demonstration from a CH-53E Super Stallion. As the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, the 31st MEU provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
context_page_description: The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade is a marine unit of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations. It incorporates the former Western Army Infantry Regiment, which was the dedicated amphibious warfare unit of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
  The ARDB is based at Camp Ainoura in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.
caption: AAV7 equipment for the ARDB
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