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Keen Sword 27 Marines and JGSDF Conduct CQB, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan 2026
U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshal’s Office Special Reaction Team and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with 17th Infantry Regiment, 13th Brigade, Middle Army, conduct close-quarters battle training during Exercise Keen Sword 27 (KS27), at MCAS Iwakuni, Japa
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U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshal’s Office Special Reaction Team and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with 17th Infantry Regiment, 13th Brigade, Middle Army, conduct close-quarters battle training during Exercise Keen Sword 27 (KS27), at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 25, 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 Saul Hernandez and Lance Cpl. Gage Collins)
Attribution: Source: DVIDS Hub — U.S. Department of Defense public-affairs media
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