 Exercise Force Light kicked off this past weekend at Hachidai Maneuver area, Japan. Force Light is a semi-annual bilateral exercise between U.S. troops and their Japanese counterparts. Today's exercise was just a route reconnaissance of the Hachidai training area, in addition to our just maintenance runs to ensure that our vehicles are still operational. We have to get out there and run them, get the wheels going, if you will. These 26-ton heavyweights are very important to the U.S. Marine Corps, seeing that they are the only branch to go from ship to shore and carry 21 combat-ready troops to their combat destination. While we're here, we're actually conducting some of our life-fire training, as well as vehicle maneuvers and providing a platform for the infantry to train off of. Reporting from Hachidai Maneuver area, Japan, I'm Seaman Stefan Jackson.