A Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle assigned to AAV Company, Combat Assault Battalion, based out of Camp Schwab, Japan, prepares to board the Amphibious Dock Landing Ship, USS Ashland (LSD 48), during Blue Chromite 18, somewhere off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Nov 1, 2017. Blue Chromite is a exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)

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