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The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade

Soldiers of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), the brand-new Marinesnamed The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade attend a ceremony in Camp Ainoura in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan on April 7, 2018, as Japan seeks to expand the the military defend against North Korea's nuclear and missile programs and China's maritime assertiveness over theSenkaku Islands. The launch of the Ground Component Command to provide unified command over regional armies and the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japan's version of the U.S. Marines. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto)