Navy Seaman Dalton Witten, a gas turbine system mechanic, pushes a ladder onto the wall of a landing craft, air cushion aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 20, 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, testing their ability to conduct amphibious operations in response to global crises and to project power ashore as part of a Navy-Marine Corps team. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roderick Jacquote)

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