U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division play a game of Memoir 44’ on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10, 2019. Memoir 44’ is a war-themed strategy board game based on historical World War II battles. Wargaming is useful in generating, refining, and assessing concepts, plans, decision alternatives, issues and technologies. It also provides an opportunity to take risks, which is difficult to reproduce in experimentation, exercises or operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Hernandez) - U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division play a game of Memoir 44’ on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10, 2019. Memoir 44’ is a war-themed strategy board game based on historical World War II battles. Wargaming is useful in generating, refining, and assessing concepts, plans, decision alternatives, issues and technologies. It also provides an opportunity to take risks, which is difficult to reproduce in experimentation, exercises or operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Hernandez)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, under the Unit Deployment Program, and Soldiers with 8th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, participate in an opening ceremony during Forest Light Middle Army in Aibano Training Area, Shiga, Japan, Dec. 1, 2019. Forest Light Middle Light is an annual training exercise that is designed to enhance the collective defense capabilities of the United States and Japan Alliance by allowing infantry units to maintain their lethality and proficiency in infantry and combined arms tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. D’Angelo Yanez) - U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, under the Unit Deployment Program, and Soldiers with 8th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, participate in an opening ceremony during Forest Light Middle Army in Aibano Training Area, Shiga, Japan, Dec. 1, 2019. Forest Light Middle Light is an annual training exercise that is designed to enhance the collective defense capabilities of the United States and Japan Alliance by allowing infantry units to maintain their lethality and proficiency in infantry and combined arms tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. D’Angelo Yanez)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Patrick Roundtree, a diver with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, removes hard fouling from the Keel Cooler Unit of U.S. Army Vessel Harpers Ferry at Naval Station White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 15, 2019. - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Patrick Roundtree, a diver with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, removes hard fouling from the Keel Cooler Unit of U.S. Army Vessel Harpers Ferry at Naval Station White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 15, 2019.

U.S. Marines and Indian Soldiers prepare to depart Kakinada, India at the conclusion of exercise Tiger TRIUMPH, Nov. 21, 2019. During Tiger TRIUMPH, U.S. and Indian forces conducted valuable training in humanitarian assistance disaster relief operations by inserting a joint and combined Indian and U.S. force from ship-to-shore in response to a hypothetical natural disaster. While on shore, the forces conducted limited patrolling, moved simulated victims to medical care and produced and distributed drinking water. Military exercises like Tiger TRIUMPH improve partnership, readiness and cooperation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Tori Sharpe) - U.S. Marines and Indian Soldiers prepare to depart Kakinada, India at the conclusion of exercise Tiger TRIUMPH, Nov. 21, 2019. During Tiger TRIUMPH, U.S. and Indian forces conducted valuable training in humanitarian assistance disaster relief operations by inserting a joint and combined Indian and U.S. force from ship-to-shore in response to a hypothetical natural disaster. While on shore, the forces conducted limited patrolling, moved simulated victims to medical care and produced and distributed drinking water. Military exercises like Tiger TRIUMPH improve partnership, readiness and cooperation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Tori Sharpe)

U.S. Marines conduct patrolling drills during exercise Fuji Viper 20-2 on Camp Fuji, Japan, Nov. 13, 2019. Fuji Viper is a regularly scheduled training evolution that allows infantry units to maintain their lethality and proficiency in infantry and combined arms tactics. This iteration of the exercise is executed by an activated reserve unit, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as part of the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun) - U.S. Marines conduct patrolling drills during exercise Fuji Viper 20-2 on Camp Fuji, Japan, Nov. 13, 2019. Fuji Viper is a regularly scheduled training evolution that allows infantry units to maintain their lethality and proficiency in infantry and combined arms tactics. This iteration of the exercise is executed by an activated reserve unit, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as part of the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun)