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U.S. Marines with 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade unload cargo from a KC-130J Super Hercules during an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill in preparation for exercise Resolute Dragon 25 at Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, Sept. 11, 2025. An ACM drill is a rapid-reaction training exercise to maintain a ready force that can deploy immediately in response to crisis. Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and allied Japan Self-Defense Force personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Nicholas A. Cox) - U.S. Marines with 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade unload cargo from a KC-130J Super Hercules during an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill in preparation for exercise Resolute Dragon 25 at Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, Sept. 11, 2025. An ACM drill is a rapid-reaction training exercise to maintain a ready force that can deploy immediately in response to crisis. Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and allied Japan Self-Defense Force personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Nicholas A. Cox)

U.S. Marine Capt. Ryan Hawley coordinates air support missions with Maj. Higaharu Kobayashi during Yama Sakura 75 on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 13, 2018. Yama Sakura focuses on the development and refinement of Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. military bilateral efforts in the areas of coordination, interoperability, and planning through training. Hawley is a firepower controller with 2nd Brigade platoon, 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company. Kobayashi is an air force coordinator with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Air Defense Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Timothy Valero) - Photo