As champion of force-on-force training with US Marines, Japanese colonel paid 'political' price
A decision to train Japanese troops with U.S. Marines in force-on-force exercises near Mount Fuji may have cost Col. Rikiya Kondo his career.
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A decision to train Japanese troops with U.S. Marines in force-on-force exercises near Mount Fuji may have cost Col. Rikiya Kondo his career.
Col. Robert Bodisch finished his three years as commander of the Marine Corps’ expansive training center at the base of Mount Fuji on Tuesday, a term that included a number of “Fuji Firsts.”
U.S. Marines piled out of their landing craft and onto the rocky shore near Mount Fuji to simulate an amphibious landing Wednesday, part of monthlong exercises.
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Marines from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines coordinated fixed wing close air support at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, successfully dropping 12 inert MK76s from F18s, a first in recent history for the installation, January 14. Close air,