Resolute Dragon 21 Exercise | Force-on-Force

Resolute Dragon 21 Exercise | Force-on-Force. U.S. Marines and Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force conduct a force on force training at Ojojahara Training Area during exercise Resolute Dragon 21, Dec. 8, 2021. RD21 is the largest bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) in 2021. RD21 is designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, conduct bilateral force-on-force training with the 39th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) during Resolute Dragon 21 at Iwate, Japan, Dec. 15, 2021. RD21 is the largest bilateral field training exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and the JGSDF since 2013 and the largest ever in Japan. RD21 is designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the Alliance by ex