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KS27 | U.S. Marines with 12th LLB rehearse unexploded ordinance detection with the JGSDF
U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Logistics Battalion, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel rehearse underwater unexploded ordinance detection and disposal during Exercise Keen Sword 27 at Tanegashima, Japan, Oct. 21, 2026. Keen Sword is a r
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U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Logistics Battalion, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel rehearse underwater unexploded ordinance detection and disposal during Exercise Keen Sword 27 at Tanegashima, Japan, Oct. 21, 2026. Keen Sword is a routine, biennial bilateral field training exercise with multinational participation, designed to increase readiness and interoperability between the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan Alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Rodney Frye)
Attribution: Source: DVIDS Hub — U.S. Department of Defense public-affairs media
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