Fuji Viper 22.1

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, return from a force-on-force training mission in a Navy MH-60S SeaHawk during Fuji Viper 22.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Nov. 8, 2021. This unscripted force-on-force exercise tested and strengthened the Marines’ ability to operate in distributed environments, while adapting to a thinking peer-level adversary. 2/8 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jerry Edlin)