Okinawa Marines hone their artillery skills in the shadow of Mount Fuji
By DANIEL BETANCOURT | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 28, 2021 COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, Japan — Marines recently put their island-fighting doctrine to the test by coordinating live fire from M777 A2 howitzers with distant orders from Okinawa. Two Marine batteries from Okinawa are wrapping up 10 days in an artillery relocation training program that ends Thursday near Mount Fuji. Their training focuses on honing the expeditionary advanced base operations concept put forward by the Marine Corps in 2018. It calls for Marines to seize island bases within range of an advers...